CVE-2025-3879 — Incorrect Authorization in Vault Enterprise

CWE-863 — Incorrect Authorization5 documents4 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 54.39%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Hashicorp Vault EnterpriseGithub.com Hashicorp VaultHashicorp Vault
Timeline
PublishedMay 2
Latest updateMay 6

Description

Vault Community, Vault Enterprise (“Vault”) Azure Auth method did not correctly validate the claims in the Azure-issued token, resulting in the potential bypass of the bound_locations parameter on login. Fixed in Vault Community Edition 1.19.1 and Vault Enterprise 1.19.1, 1.18.7, 1.17.14, 1.16.18.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶CVEListV5hashicorp/vault_enterprise0.10.0 — 1.19.1
▶NVDhashicorp/vault0.10.0 — 1.16.18+4
▶Gogithub.com/hashicorp_vault1.10.0 — 1.19.1

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
OSV
Hashicorp Vault Community vulnerable to Incorrect Authorization in github.com/hashicorp/vault↗2025-05-06
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OSV
Hashicorp Vault Community vulnerable to Incorrect Authorization↗2025-05-02
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GHSA
Hashicorp Vault Community vulnerable to Incorrect Authorization↗2025-05-02
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
vault: Vault’s Azure Authentication Method bound_location Restriction Could be Bypassed on Login↗2025-05-02
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