Vault and Vault Enterprise (“Vault”) TLS certificate auth method did not correctly validate client certificates when configured with a non-CA certificate as [+trusted certificate+|https://developer.hashicorp.com/vault/api-docs/auth/cert#certificate]. In this configuration, an attacker may be able to craft a malicious certificate that could be used to impersonate another user. Fixed in Vault Community Edition 1.20.1 and Vault Enterprise 1.20.1, 1.19.7, 1.18.12, and 1.16.23.
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Description | Vault and Vault Enterprise (“Vault”) TLS certificate auth method did not correctly validate client certificates when configured with a non-CA certificate as [+trusted certificate+|https://developer.hashicorp.com/vault/api-docs/auth/cert#certificate]. In this configuration, an attacker may be able to craft a malicious certificate that could be used to impersonate another user. Fixed in Vault Community Edition 1.20.1 and Vault Enterprise 1.20.1, 1.19.7, 1.18.12, and 1.16.23. | |
Title | Vault Certificate Auth Method Did Not Validate Common Name For Non-CA Certificates | |
Weaknesses | CWE-295 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: HashiCorp
Published: 2025-08-01T17:52:48.778Z
Updated: 2025-08-02T03:55:53.155Z
Reserved: 2025-06-12T18:21:50.999Z
Link: CVE-2025-6037

Updated: 2025-08-01T18:04:06.710Z

Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2025-08-01T18:15:57.300
Modified: 2025-08-04T15:06:15.833
Link: CVE-2025-6037
