Improper authentication in Vault and Vault Enterprise - CVE-2025-6014

 

Improper authentication in Vault and Vault Enterprise - CVE-2025-6014

Published: August 6, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU113692
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-6014
CWE-ID: CWE-287
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: HashiCorp
Affected software:
Vault
Vault Enterprise

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass TOTP authentication.

The vulnerability exists due to used code entries in the TOTP used code cache were not normalized, making it possible to reuse existing codes by appending whitespace. A remote user with knowledge of existing user credentials can bypass TOTP authentication. 


How to mitigate CVE-2025-6014

Install updates from vendor's website.

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