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CVE-2025-11621NVD

Vulnerability Summary

Vault and Vault Enterprise’s (“Vault”) AWS Auth method may be susceptible to authentication bypass if the role of the configured bound_principal_iam is the same across AWS accounts, or uses a wildcard. This vulnerability, CVE-2025-11621, is fixed in Vault Community Edition 1.21.0 and Vault Enterprise 1.21.0, 1.20.5, 1.19.11, and 1.16.27
Severity Level
HIGH(8.1)
Published Date
Oct 23, 2025
Last Modified
Oct 18, 2026
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation yet
EPSS Score (30-Day)
0.49%Probability
Root Weakness (CWE)
CWE-288: Unknown/Unlisted Weakness ↗
Refer to the official MITRE database for detailed architectural specifications regarding this weakness.
CVSS v3.1 Base Metrics — Score 8.1 (HIGH)
Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityNone

Affected & Patched Versions

Affected Versions
  • Hashicorp Vault >= 0.6.0 and < 1.16.27
  • Hashicorp Vault >= 0.6.0 and < 1.21.0
  • Hashicorp Vault >= 1.18.0 and <= 1.18.15
  • Hashicorp Vault >= 1.19.0 and < 1.19.11
  • Hashicorp Vault >= 1.20.0 and < 1.20.5
Patched Versions
  • Hashicorp Vault 1.16.27
  • Hashicorp Vault 1.21.0
  • Hashicorp Vault 1.19.11
  • Hashicorp Vault 1.20.5
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