#VU113653 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Vault and Vault Enterprise - CVE-2025-6000

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#VU113653 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Vault and Vault Enterprise - CVE-2025-6000

Published: August 5, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU113653
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-6000
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Vault
Vault Enterprise
Software vendor:
HashiCorp

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary code on the host.

The vulnerability exists due to improperly imposed security restrictions. 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.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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