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CVE-2025-6000
published 2025-08-01

CVE-2025-6000: A privileged Vault operator within the root namespace with write permission to {{sys/audit}} may obtain code execution on the underlying host if a plugin…

PriorityP354critical9.1CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRHUINSCCHIHAH
EPSS
0.87%
54.4th percentile
A privileged Vault operator within the root namespace with write permission to {{sys/audit}} may obtain code execution on the underlying host if a plugin directory is set in Vault’s configuration. Fixed in Vault Community Edition 1.20.1 and Vault Enterprise 1.20.1, 1.19.7, 1.18.12, and 1.16.23.

Affected

9 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
github.comhashicorp_vault>= 0.8.0 < 1.20.11.20.1
github.comopenbao_openbao>= 0 < 0.0.0-20250806194004-a14053c9679d0.0.0-20250806194004-a14053c9679d
github.comopenbao_openbao>= 0.1.0 < 2.3.22.3.2
hashicorpvault
hashicorpvault>= 0.8.0 < 1.16.231.16.23
hashicorpvault>= 0.8.0 < 1.20.11.20.1
hashicorpvault>= 1.17.0 < 1.18.121.18.12
hashicorpvault>= 1.19.0 < 1.19.71.19.7
hashicorpvault_enterprise>= 0.8.0 < 1.20.11.20.1

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.19.1CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
ghsa9.1CRITICAL
osv9.1CRITICAL
vendor_redhat9.1CRITICAL
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