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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| HashiCorp | Vault | 0.10.4 – < 1.20.0 | 1.20.0 |
| HashiCorp | Vault Enterprise | 0.10.4 – < 1.20.0 | 1.20.0 |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
SUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLES 15 SP6 | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20250814T182633-150000.1.98.1 | SUSE-SU-2025:02912-1 |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20250811T192933-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2025:15434-1 |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | openbao | 2.3.2-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2025:15460-1 |
| openSUSE Leap 15.6 | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20250814T182633-150000.1.98.1 | SUSE-SU-2025:02912-1 |
Wolfi
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolfi rolling | splunk-otel-collector | 0.138.0-r0 | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/hashicorp/vault | >= 0.10.4, < 1.20.0 | 1.20.0 | GHSA-6h4p-m86h-hhgh |
Advisories 4
- openSUSE-SU-2025:15460-1 openbao-2.3.2-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Mar 23, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2025:15434-1 govulncheck-vulndb-0.0.20250811T192933-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Mar 23, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2025:02912-1 Security update for govulncheck-vulndb SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Mar 23, 2026
- WID-SEC-2025-1702 Hashicorp Vault Community und Enterprise: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Aug 3, 2025