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CVE-2025-6037GHSA-6C5R-4WFC-3MCXBIT-VAULT-2025-6037GO-2025-3836

Vault Certificate Auth Method Did Not Validate Common Name For Non-CA Certificates

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 1.20.1, 1.16.23
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: total

Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • HashiCorp Vault

    fixed in 1.20.1

  • HashiCorp Vault Enterprise

    fixed in 1.16.23

  • github.com/hashicorp/vaultGo

    fixed in 1.20.1

References 1

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