hashicorp/vault · Security
Hashicorp Vault has Code Execution Vulnerability via Plugin Configuration
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-mr4h-qf9j-f665
- CVE ID
- CVE-2025-6000
- Severity
- critical
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS
- 9.1 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS v3
- 9.1 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
CWEs
- CWE-94 · Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')