GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Go

GHSA-9g4h-h484-3578 HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise's AWS Auth method may be susceptible to authentication bypass

HIGH Published 2025-10-23 Modified 2025-10-23 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2025-11621
Ecosystem
Go
Packages
github.com/hashicorp/vault
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-288
Reviewed
2025-10-23

Affected packages

• Go github.com/hashicorp/vault: >= 0.6.0, < 1.21.0 → fixed in 1.21.0

Description

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 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.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2025-11621 Vault and Vault Enterprise’s (“Vault”) AWS Auth method may be susceptible to authentication bypass if the role of the configured… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-288 Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel weakness

References