CVE-2025-11621
Oct. 23, 2025, 7:15 p.m.
8.1
High
Description
Vault and Vault Enterprise’s (“Vault”) AWS Auth method may be susceptible to authentication bypass if the role of the configured bound_principal_iam is the same across AWS accounts, or uses a wildcard. This vulnerability, CVE-2025-11621, is fixed in Vault Community Edition 1.21.0 and Vault Enterprise 1.21.0, 1.20.5, 1.19.11, and 1.16.27
Product(s) Impacted
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Hashicorp |
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Weaknesses
Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.
CWE-288
Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
A product requires authentication, but the product has an alternate path or channel that does not require authentication.
*CPE(s)
Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language | Software Edition | Target Software | Target Hardware | Other Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | hashicorp | vault | 1.21.0 | / | / | / | / | / | / | / |
| a | hashicorp | vault | 1.20.5 | / | / | / | / | / | / | / |
| a | hashicorp | vault | 1.19.11 | / | / | / | / | / | / | / |
| a | hashicorp | vault | 1.16.27 | / | / | / | / | / | / | / |
Tags
CVSS Score
CVSS Data - 3.1
- Attack Vector: NETWORK
- Attack Complexity: LOW
- Privileges Required: LOW
- Scope: UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
- Integrity Impact: HIGH
- Availability Impact: NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Timeline
Published: Oct. 23, 2025, 7:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Oct. 23, 2025, 7:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Oct. 23, 2025, 7:15 p.m.
Status : Received
CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.
More infoSource
security@hashicorp.com
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