CVE-2025-6013

CVSS v3 6.5 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.2 / Impact : 5.2

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

V

ault and Vault Enterprise’s (“Vault”) ldap auth method may not have correctly enforced MFA if username_as_alias was set to true and a user had multiple CNs that are equal but with leading or trailing spaces. Fixed in Vault Community Edition 1.20.2 and Vault Enterprise 1.20.2, 1.19.8, 1.18.13, and 1.16.24.

References

Link	Resource
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-20-vault-ldap-mfa-enforcement-bypass-when-using-username-as-alias/76092	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:::::-:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:::::enterprise:::*

History

15 Dec 2025, 16:13

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:::::enterprise:::* cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:::::-:::*
First Time		Hashicorp Hashicorp vault
References	~~() https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-20-vault-ldap-mfa-enforcement-bypass-when-using-username-as-alias/76092 -~~	() https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-20-vault-ldap-mfa-enforcement-bypass-when-using-username-as-alias/76092 - Vendor Advisory

06 Aug 2025, 20:23

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-08-06 10:15

Updated : 2025-12-15 16:13

NVD link : CVE-2025-6013

Mitre link : CVE-2025-6013

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-6013

JSON object : View

Products Affected

vault

CWE

CWE-156

Improper Neutralization of Whitespace

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