CVE-2025-5999
Vault Root Namespace Operator May Elevate Token Privileges
7.2
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.16%
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.
How to fix CVE-2025-5999
To remediate CVE-2025-5999, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 1.20.0 or later
- —upgrade to 1.20.0 or later
- —upgrade to 1.20.0 or later
Is CVE-2025-5999 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- >= 0.10.4, < 1.20.0
- >= 0.10.4, < 1.20.0
- >= 0.10.4, < 1.20.0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |