Vulnerability in Hashicorp Vault
CVE-2025-6015
Vault and Vault Enterprise’s (“Vault”) login MFA rate limits could be bypassed and TOTP tokens could be reused. 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: 0.003 (20.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
Affected products
- Hashicorp Vault — versions 1.20.0, 1.10.0
- Hashicorp Vault Enterprise — versions 1.10.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- security@hashicorp.com (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-6015?
- CVE-2025-6015 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hashicorp Vault, classified under Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts. CVSS score: 5.7/10. Published 2025-08-01.
- How severe is CVE-2025-6015?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.7 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2025-6015 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.