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CVE-2025-1293

HashiCorp Hermes Improperly Validates AWS ALB JWTs, which May Lead to Authentication Bypass

Published: Feb 20, 2025Updated: Dec 18, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-1390
8.2HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 73.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

Hermes versions up to 0.4.0 improperly validated the JWT provided when using the AWS ALB authentication mode, potentially allowing for authentication bypass. This vulnerability, CVE-2025-1293, was fixed in Hermes 0.5.0.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:AAC:LPR:NUI:NS:CC:HI:LA:N
Exploitability
AV:AAttack Vector
Adjacent
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:LIntegrity
Low
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-1390

Affected Products

HashiCorp
commercial·USaka hashicorp inc.
ToolingOn-premDev Tool
Cloud & SaaS / container-orchestration
hermesLibrary
Cloud & SaaS
Go
package-ecosystem
github.com/hashicorp-forge/hermes
OSS Libraries

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-03-hashicorp-hermes-improperly-validates-aws-alb-jwts-which-may-lead-to-authentication-bypass/73371
discuss.hashicorp.com
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1293
nvd.nist.gov
https://github.com/hashicorp-forge/hermes/commit/e36d479616099bd0c8dfde6786ea671f112d9106
github.com
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