CVE-2025-11621
High
Description
Vault and Vault Enterprise’s (“Vault”) AWS Auth method may be susceptible to authentication bypass if the role of the configured bound_principal_iam is the same across AWS accounts, or uses a wildcard. This vulnerability, CVE-2025-11621, is fixed in Vault Community Edition 1.21.0 and Vault Enterprise 1.21.0, 1.20.5, 1.19.11, and 1.16.27
SeverityHigh
CVSS8.1
Exploit probability—
Product
Hashicorp Vault
PublishedOct 23, 2025
First seenOct 23, 2025
Weakness typeCWE-288CWE-288
How to fix
Update
- hashicorp vault1.16.27, 1.21.0, 1.19.11, 1.20.5 or later
- github.com/hashicorp/vault1.21.0 or later
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| hashicorp vault | 0.6.0 ≤ v < 1.16.27, 0.6.0 ≤ v < 1.21.0, 1.18.0 ≤ v ≤ 1.18.15, 1.19.0 ≤ v < 1.19.11, 1.20.0 ≤ v < 1.20.5 | 1.16.27, 1.21.0, 1.19.11, 1.20.5 |
| github.com/hashicorp/vaultGo | 0.6.0 ≤ v < 1.21.0 | 1.21.0 |
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