CVE-2025-1293

HIGH

Hashicorp Hermes < 0.5.0 - Authentication Bypass

Title source: rule

Description

Hermes versions up to 0.4.0 improperly validated the JWT provided when using the AWS ALB authentication mode, potentially allowing for authentication bypass. This vulnerability, CVE-2025-1293, was fixed in Hermes 0.5.0.

References (1)

[Vendor Advisory] https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-03-hashicorp-hermes-improperly-validates-aws-alb-jwts-which-may-lead-to-authentication-bypass/73371

Scores

CVSS v3 8.2

EPSS 0.0007

EPSS Percentile 20.6%

Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK

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

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-1390

Status published

Products (2)

hashicorp/hermes < 0.5.0

hashicorp-forge/hermes 0 - 0.5.0Go

Published Feb 20, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026