CVE-2025-11621
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CVE-2025-11621 is a high-severity vulnerability rated 8.1/10 on the CVSS scale. 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. EPSS estimates a 0.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Hashicorp | Vault | >= 0.6.0, < 1.16.27 |
| Hashicorp | Vault | >= 0.6.0, < 1.21.0 |
| Hashicorp | Vault | >= 1.18.0, <= 1.18.15 |
| Hashicorp | Vault | >= 1.19.0, < 1.19.11 |
| Hashicorp | Vault | >= 1.20.0, < 1.20.5 |
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