CVE-2025-5999
Fixed in a distro release EPSS <1%CVSS 7.2
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.
Products: hashicorp vault, HashiCorp Vault Enterprise
Fixed upstream
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/hashicorp/vault | 1.20.0 |
Distro releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Chainguard | splunk-otel-collector | 0.138.0-r0 |
| Chainguard | splunk-otel-collector-fips | 0.138.0-r1 |
| Chainguard | vault-1.16 | no fix |
| Chainguard | vault-1.17 | no fix |
| Chainguard | vault-1.18 | no fix |
| Chainguard | vault-1.19 | no fix |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP6 | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20250814T182633-150000.1.98.1 |
| Wolfi | splunk-otel-collector | 0.138.0-r0 |
| openSUSE Leap 15.6 | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20250814T182633-150000.1.98.1 |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20250811T192933-1.1 |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | openbao | 2.3.2-1.1 |