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CVE-2025-5999: Vault Root Namespace Operator May Elevate Token Privileges
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2025-08-01 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-266
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.
Affected products
- HashiCorp Vault: from 0.10.4 before 1.16.22; from 0.10.4 before 1.20.0; from 1.17.0 before 1.18.11; from 1.19.0 before 1.19.6 — fixed in 1.16.22, 1.18.11, 1.19.6, 1.20.0
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: HashiCorp Vault 1.16.22, 1.18.11, 1.19.6, 1.20.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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