CVE-2025-5999

HIGH

HashiCorp Vault 0.10.4-1.19.5 Privilege Escalation via Root Namespace Identity Endpoint

Title source: llm

Description

A privileged Vault operator with write permissions to the root namespace’s identity endpoint could escalate their own or another user’s token privileges to Vault’s root policy. Fixed in Vault Community Edition 1.20.0 and Vault Enterprise 1.20.0, 1.19.6, 1.18.11 and 1.16.22.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Vendor Advisory

https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-13-vault-root-namespace-operator-may-elevate-token-privileges/76032

Scores

CVSS v3 7.2

EPSS 0.0004

EPSS Percentile 13.4%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Details

CWE

CWE-266

Status published

Products (3)

hashicorp/vault 0.10.4 - 1.16.22

hashicorp/vault 0.10.4 - 1.20.0

hashicorp/vault 0.10.4 - 1.20.0Go

Published Aug 01, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026