CVE-2025-6000
CRITICAL9.1EPSS 0.59%Hashicorp Vault has Code Execution Vulnerability via Plugin Configuration
Published: 8/1/2025Modified: 2/4/2026
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.
Affected packages (3)
- Bitnami/vault>= 0.8.0, < 1.20.1
- Go/github.com/hashicorp/vault>= 0.8.0, < 1.20.1
- Go/github.com/hashicorp/vault>= 0.8.0, < 1.20.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |