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
- Hashicorp Vault — versions 1.20.0, 1.13.0
- Hashicorp Vault Enterprise — versions 1.13.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- security@hashicorp.com (Vendor Advisory)
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.