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CVE-2025-6037

Vault Certificate Auth Method Did Not Validate Common Name For Non-CA Certificates

Published: Aug 1, 2025Updated: Aug 13, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-295
6.8MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 88.8%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

Vault and Vault Enterprise (“Vault”) TLS certificate auth method did not correctly validate client certificates when configured with a non-CA certificate as [+trusted certificate+|https://developer.hashicorp.com/vault/api-docs/auth/cert#certificate]. In this configuration, an attacker may be able to craft a malicious certificate that could be used to impersonate another user. Fixed in Vault Community Edition 1.20.1 and Vault Enterprise 1.20.1, 1.19.7, 1.18.12, and 1.16.23.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:HUI:RS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:HPrivileges Required
High
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-295

Affected Products

HashiCorp
commercial·USaka hashicorp inc.
VaultSaaSSaaS Service
Cloud & SaaS
Vault EnterpriseSaaSSaaS Service
Cloud & SaaS
Vault Community EditionSaaSSaaS Service
Cloud & SaaS
ООО «Ред Софт»
commercial·RUaka red soft
РЕД ОСOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Go
package-ecosystem
github.com/hashicorp/vault
OSS Libraries
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-18-vault-certificate-auth-method-did-not-validate-common-name-for-non-ca-certificates/76037
discuss.hashicorp.com
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-18-vault-certificate-auth-method-did-not-validate-common-name-for-non-ca-certificates/76037
discuss.hashicorp.com
http://repo.red-soft.ru/redos/7.3c/x86_64/updates/
repo.red-soft.ru
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