Vulnerability in Hashicorp Vault

CVE-2025-6004

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.

EPSS: 0.004 (32.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-6004?
CVE-2025-6004 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hashicorp Vault, classified under Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2025-08-01.
How severe is CVE-2025-6004?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-6004 known to be exploited?
3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.