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SCA: security update for github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-vault (GHSA-gmm6-j2g5-r52m)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 436139

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Vault’s Terraform Provider incorrectly set the default deny_null_bind parameter for the LDAP auth method
 to false by default, potentially resulting in an insecure configuration. If the underlying LDAP server
 allowed anonymous or unauthenticated binds, this could result in authentication bypass. This
 vulnerability, CVE-2025-13357, is fixed in Vault Terraform Provider v5.5.0. (CVE-2025-13357)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gmm6-j2g5-r52m

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 436139

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 11/22/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.88

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-13357

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/21/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/21/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-13357