Vault Root Namespace Operator May Elevate Token Privileges

CVE Details

Basic Information

Title Vault Root Namespace Operator May Elevate Token Privileges
Type cve
Published 2025-08-01T17:38:58.409Z
Modified 2025-08-01T18:08:59.605Z

Product Information

Vendor HashiCorp
Product Vault
Version 0.10.4

CVSS Information

Base Score 7.2 (HIGH)
Attack Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

  • HashiCorp Vault 0.10.4
  • HashiCorp Vault Enterprise 0.10.4

Additional Information

CWE List CWE-266
Source HashiCorp

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.

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