CVE-2025-6004 describes a bypass vulnerability in the user lockout feature of HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise, specifically impacting Userpass and LDAP authentication methods. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) allows an unauthenticated attacker to bypass user lockout mechanisms with low attack complexity, potentially leading to unauthorized access or brute-force attacks. While no active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion has been observed, affected organizations should upgrade to Vault Community Edition 1.20.1 or Vault Enterprise versions 1.20.1, 1.19.7, 1.18.12, or 1.16.23 to mitigate this risk.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 1.13.0, < 1.16.23CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | ||
>= 1.13.0, < 1.20.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* | ||
>= 1.17.0, < 1.18.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | ||
>= 1.19.0, < 1.19.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | ||
1.20.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:1.20.0:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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