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CVE-2025-6037

Vault Certificate Auth Method Did Not Validate Common Name For Non-CA Certificates

Published: Aug 1, 2025Updated: Aug 13, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-295
NVD MITRE
6.8CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 88.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Vault and Vault Enterprise (“Vault”) TLS certificate auth method did not correctly validate client certificates when configured with a non-CA certificate as [+trusted certificate+|https://developer.hashicorp.com/vault/api-docs/auth/cert#certificate]. In this configuration, an attacker may be able to craft a malicious certificate that could be used to impersonate another user. Fixed in Vault Community Edition 1.20.1 and Vault Enterprise 1.20.1, 1.19.7, 1.18.12, and 1.16.23.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:HUI:RS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:HPrivileges Required
High
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-295

Affected Products

РЕД ОСООО «Ред Софт»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Vault EnterpriseHashiCorp
SaaSSaaS Service
Cloud & SaaS
Vault Community EditionHashiCorp
On-prem
Cloud & SaaS / api-gateway
VaultHashiCorp
SaaSSaaS Service
Cloud & SaaS
github.com/hashicorp/vaultGoOSS Libraries
ооо «ред софт»commercialRUOperating Systemsaka red soft
hashicorpcommercialUSCloud & SaaSaka hashicorp inc.
gopackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
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References

https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-18-vault-certificate-auth-method-did-not-validate-common-name-for-non-ca-certificates/76037
discuss.hashicorp.com
http://repo.red-soft.ru/redos/7.3c/x86_64/updates/
repo.red-soft.ru
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-18-vault-certificate-auth-method-did-not-validate-common-name-for-non-ca-certificates/76037
discuss.hashicorp.com
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Timeline

Published
Aug 1, 2025
Last Updated
Aug 13, 2025

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