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title: "CVE-2025-6000: Hashicorp Vault has Code Execution Vulnerability via Plugin Configuration"
url: https://erroneo.us/security/cve/CVE-2025-6000/
description: "CVE-2025-6000 (github.com/hashicorp/vault (Go)): A privileged Vault operator within the root namespace with write permission to {{sys/audit}} may obtain…"
type: vulnerability-record
section: "Security Digest"
date_published: 2025-08-01
date_modified: 2025-08-01
publisher: erroneo.us
author: erroneo.us Security Desk
cve: "CVE-2025-6000"
kev: false
cvss: 9.1
epss: 0.00913
license: All rights reserved. Quote with attribution and a link.
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# CVE-2025-6000: Hashicorp Vault has Code Execution Vulnerability via Plugin Configuration

**Signal:** Critical, preconditions apply. Severe if exploited, but exploitation needs conditions that may not apply to you. (Computed from CISA KEV, EPSS and CVSS; not an editorial verdict.)

## Should you act?

- No confirmed exploitation. It is not in CISA’s KEV catalog and CISA’s SSVC assessment records no known exploitation. That can change quickly after a public write-up; re-check if you are affected.
- EPSS 0.9% , percentile 60: FIRST’s model estimates a 0.9% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 60% of all scored CVEs (moderate). EPSS is a probability, not a verdict.
- Needs an account (high (admin)). Exposure depends on who can log in.
- Only applies if your dependency tree includes github.com/hashicorp/vault (Go) >= 0.8.0, < 1.20.1, fixed in 1.20.1 . Check your lockfile, including transitive dependencies.

## What it is

A privileged Vault operator within the root namespace with write permission to {{sys/audit}} may obtain code execution on the underlying host if a plugin directory is set in Vault’s configuration. Fixed in Vault Community Edition 1.20.1 and Vault Enterprise 1.20.1, 1.19.7, 1.18.12, and 1.16.23.

## Affected packages

- Go `github.com/hashicorp/vault` >= 0.8.0, < 1.20.1 → fixed: 1.20.1

## Affected products (CVE record)

- HashiCorp Vault: 0.8.0 < 1.20.1
- HashiCorp Vault Enterprise: 0.8.0 < 1.20.1

## Severity

- HashiCorp CVSS 3.1: 9.1 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`
- GitHub CVSS 3.1: 9.1 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`

## Exploitation

- CISA KEV: not listed (no confirmed in-the-wild exploitation known to CISA).
- CISA SSVC assessment: exploitation none , automatable no , technical impact total .
- FIRST EPSS (model of 2026-10-21): 0.91% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 60.

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory GHSA-mr4h-qf9j-f665](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mr4h-qf9j-f665)
- [CVE.org record CVE-2025-6000](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-6000)
- [NVD entry CVE-2025-6000](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6000)
- [discuss.hashicorp.com](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-14-privileged-vault-operator-may-execute-code-on-the-underlying-host/76033)

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