Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Vault and Vault Enterprise - CVE-2025-5999
Published: August 6, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU113697
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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-2025-5999
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: HashiCorp
Affected software:
Vault
Vault Enterprise
Vault
Vault Enterprise
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote user to escalate privileges within the application.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions. A privileged Vault operator with write permissions to the root namespace’s identity endpoint can escalate their own or another user’s token privileges to Vault’s root policy.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-5999
Install updates from vendor's website.