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CVE-2020-25816

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-09-30 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise versions 1.0 and newer allowed leases created with a batch token to outlive their TTL because expiration time was not scheduled correctly. Fixed in 1.4.7 and 1.5.4.

Affected products

• HashiCorp Vault: from 1.0.0 before 1.4.7; from 1.5.0 before 1.5.4 — fixed in 1.4.7, 1.5.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: HashiCorp Vault 1.4.7, 1.5.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/hashicorp/vault/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#154
• https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/category/vault
• https://github.com/hashicorp/vault/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#154
• https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/category/vault

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