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.

INFO

Published Date :

2025-08-01T17:38:58.409Z

Last Modified :

2025-08-01T18:08:59.605Z

Source :

HashiCorp
AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-5999 vulnerability.

Vendors Products
Hashicorp
  • Vault
REFERENCES

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information to CVE-2025-5999.

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https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-13-vault-root-namespace-operator-may-elevate-token-privileges/76032 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6h4p-m86h-hhgh cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5999 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-5999 cve-icon
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