CVE-2025-6004 (GCVE-0-2025-6004)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-01 17:56 – Updated: 2025-08-01 19:11
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Summary
Vault and Vault Enterprise’s (“Vault”) user lockout feature could be bypassed for Userpass and LDAP authentication methods. Fixed in Vault Community Edition 1.20.1 and Vault Enterprise 1.20.1, 1.19.7, 1.18.12, and 1.16.23.
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-307 - Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts
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HashiCorp Vault Affected: 1.13.0 , < 1.20.1 (semver)
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