CVE 6.8 MEDIUM

Vault Certificate Auth Method Did Not Validate Common Name For Non-CA Certificates_CVE-2025-6037

6.8 / 10
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

Vault and Vault Enterprise (“Vault”) TLS certificate auth method did not correctly validate client certificates when configured with a non-CA certificate as [+trusted certificate+|https://developer.hashicorp.com/vault/api-docs/auth/cert#certificate]. In this configuration, an attacker may be able to craft a malicious certificate that could be used to impersonate another user. Fixed in Vault Community Edition 1.20.1 and Vault Enterprise 1.20.1, 1.19.7, 1.18.12, and 1.16.23.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2025-6037
Source HashiCorp
Published Aug 1, 2025 at 17:52
Modified Aug 2, 2025 at 03:55

Affected Product

Vendor HashiCorp
Product Vault
Affected Versions HashiCorp Vault 0
HashiCorp Vault Enterprise 0

CWE Classification

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