CVE-2025-5999

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...

CVE-2025-5999

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...

CVE-2025-5999 Vault Root Namespace Operator May Elevate Token Privileges

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...

CVE-2025-5999 Vault Root Namespace Operator May Elevate Token Privileges

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...

CVE-2025-5999

CVE-2025-5999 affects Vault: a privileged operator with write access to the root namespace identity endpoints can escalate tokens to Vault root policy. The issue is confirmed in multiple OSV/GHSA entries and maps to OpenBao/HASHICorp disclosures. Affected product surface is the identity/group/end...