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CVE-2025-6000

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CVE-2025-6000

Published: Aug 1, 2025

Modified: Aug 1, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

9.1

CRITICAL

Description

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.

VendorProductVersions

HashiCorp

Vault

affected
0.8.0 - < 1.20.1

HashiCorp

Vault Enterprise

affected
0.8.0 - < 1.20.1

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

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