CVE-2025-6000

critical · 9.1

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.

9.1

CVSS

0.9%

EPSS (exploit prob.)

58th

EPSS percentile

2025-08-01

Published

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CWE-94

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
hashicorp	vault	>= 0.8.0, < 1.16.23
hashicorp	vault	>= 0.8.0, < 1.20.1
hashicorp	vault	>= 1.17.0, < 1.18.12
hashicorp	vault	>= 1.19.0, < 1.19.7
hashicorp	vault	1.20.0

Check a specific version with /api/v1/cve/match.

References

https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-14-privileged-vault-operator-may-execute-code-on-the-underlying-host/76033

Query this programmatically:

curl https://evil-db.io/api/v1/cve/CVE-2025-6000