hashicorp/vault · Security
Hashicorp Vault has Incorrect Validation for Non-CA Certificates
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-6c5r-4wfc-3mcx
- CVE ID
- CVE-2025-6037
- Severity
- medium
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS
- 6.8 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS v3
- 6.8 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
Vault and Vault Enterprise (“Vault”) TLS certificate auth method did not correctly validate client certificates when configured with a non-CA certificate as [+trusted certificate+|https://developer.hashicorp.com/vault/api-docs/auth/cert#certificate]. In this configuration, an attacker may be able to craft a malicious certificate that could be used to impersonate another user. Fixed in Vault Community Edition 1.20.1 and Vault Enterprise 1.20.1, 1.19.7, 1.18.12, and 1.16.23.
CWEs
- CWE-295 · Improper Certificate Validation