CVE-2025-13357

HIGH

Hashicorp Terraform Provider < 5.5.0 - Authentication Bypass

Title source: rule

Description

Vault’s Terraform Provider incorrectly set the default deny_null_bind parameter for the LDAP auth method to false by default, potentially resulting in an insecure configuration. If the underlying LDAP server allowed anonymous or unauthenticated binds, this could result in authentication bypass. This vulnerability, CVE-2025-13357, is fixed in Vault Terraform Provider v5.5.0.

References (1)

[Vendor Advisory] https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-33-vault-terraform-provider-applied-incorrect-defaults-for-ldap-auth-method/76822

Scores

CVSS v3 7.4

EPSS 0.0006

EPSS Percentile 17.0%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Details

CWE

CWE-1188

Status published

Products (3)

hashicorp/terraform-provider-vault 0 - 5.5.0Go

hashicorp/terraform_provider 4.2.0 - 5.5.0

HashiCorp/Tooling 4.2.0 - 5.5.0

Published Nov 21, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026