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SCA: security update for github.com/hashicorp/vault (GHSA-6h4p-m86h-hhgh)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 428712

Description

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

 - A privileged Vault operator with write permissions to the root namespace’s identity endpoint could
 escalate their own or another user’s token privileges to Vault’s root policy. Fixed in Vault Community
 Edition 1.20.0 and Vault Enterprise 1.20.0, 1.19.6, 1.18.11 and 1.16.22. (CVE-2025-5999)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6h4p-m86h-hhgh

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 428712

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/2/2025

Updated: 6/1/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.87

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-5999

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/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: 8/1/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/1/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-5999

cwe: CWE-266