CVE-2025-5999CWE-266

Vault Root Namespace Operator May Elevate Token Privileges

High · published August 1, 2025

CVSS v3.1
7.2
EPSS
1%
Percentile
42.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.2 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00511 · 42.7th percentile
Weakness
CWE-266 · Incorrect Privilege Assignment
Published
2025-08-01T17:38Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 01 AUG 17:38Z
    Vault Root Namespace Operator May Elevate Token Privileges
    cvelistv5