#VU113654 Information Exposure Through Timing Discrepancy in Vault and Vault Enterprise - CVE-2025-6011

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#VU113654 Information Exposure Through Timing Discrepancy in Vault and Vault Enterprise - CVE-2025-6011

Published: August 5, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU113654
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-6011
CWE-ID: CWE-208
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Vault
Vault Enterprise
Software vendor:
HashiCorp

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to guess existing user accounts. 

The vulnerability exists due to the way the application handles authentication requests when authenticating users with username and password. A remote attacker can distinguish between existing and non-existing users, and potentially enumerate valid usernames for Vault’s userpass auth method.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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