Vault and Vault Enterprise’s (“Vault”) ldap auth method may not have correctly enforced MFA if username_as_alias was set to true and a user had multiple CNs that are equal but with leading or trailing spaces. Fixed in Vault Community Edition 1.20.2 and Vault Enterprise 1.20.2, 1.19.8, 1.18.13, and 1.16.24.
History

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Metrics ssvc

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Description Vault and Vault Enterprise’s (“Vault”) ldap auth method may not have correctly enforced MFA if username_as_alias was set to true and a user had multiple CNs that are equal but with leading or trailing spaces. Fixed in Vault Community Edition 1.20.2 and Vault Enterprise 1.20.2, 1.19.8, 1.18.13, and 1.16.24.
Title Vault LDAP MFA Enforcement Bypass When Using Username As Alias
Weaknesses CWE-156
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: HashiCorp

Published: 2025-08-06T10:06:55.668Z

Updated: 2025-08-06T13:25:39.206Z

Reserved: 2025-06-11T19:00:51.574Z

Link: CVE-2025-6013

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-08-06T13:25:36.069Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-08-06T10:15:35.423

Modified: 2025-08-06T10:15:35.423

Link: CVE-2025-6013

cve-icon Redhat

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