What is CVE-2020-7220?

CVE-2020-7220 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hashicorp Vault, classified under Improper Resource Shutdown or Release. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-01-23.

How severe is CVE-2020-7220?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Hashicorp Vault

CVE-2020-7220

HashiCorp Vault Enterprise 0.11.0 through 1.3.1 fails, in certain circumstances, to revoke dynamic secrets for a mount in a deleted namespace. Fixed in 1.3.2.

Published 2020-01-23 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.014 (71.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 72nd percentile — 71.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Hashicorp Vault

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-404 — Improper Resource Shutdown or Release

References

www.hashicorp.com/blog/category/vault/ (Vendor Advisory)
github.com/hashicorp/vault/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-7220?: CVE-2020-7220 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hashicorp Vault, classified under Improper Resource Shutdown or Release. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-01-23.
How severe is CVE-2020-7220?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.