Privileged Vault Operator May Execute Code on the Underlying Host

Summary A privileged Vault operator within the root namespace with write permission to sys/audit may obtain code execution on the underlying host if a plugin directory is set in Vault’s configuration. This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-6000, is fixed in Vault Community Edition 1.20.1 and...

Vault Operators in Root Namespace May Elevate Their Privileges

Summary A privileged Vault operator with write permissions to the root namespace’s identity endpoint could escalate their own or another user’s privileges to Vault’s root policy. This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-9180, is fixed in Vault Community Edition 1.18.0 and Vault Enterprise 1.18....