Description
Vault and Vault Enterprise’s (“Vault”) ldap auth method may not have correctly enforced MFA if username_as_alias was set to true and a user had multiple CNs that are equal but with leading or trailing spaces. Fixed in Vault Community Edition 1.20.2 and Vault Enterprise 1.20.2, 1.19.8, 1.18.13, and 1.16.24.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| HashiCorp | Vault | 1.10.0 – < 1.20.2 | 1.20.2 |
| HashiCorp | Vault Enterprise | 1.10.0 – < 1.20.2 | 1.20.2 |
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 | < 1.20.2 | 1.20.2 | GHSA-7rx2-769v-hrwf |
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-2025-1730 Hashicorp Vault: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Umgehen der MFA BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Aug 7, 2025