Vault AWS auth method bypass due to AWS client cache
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
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| HashiCorp | Vault | unaffected |
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GHSA-9g4h-h484-3578 | HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise's AWS Auth method may be susceptible to authentication bypass |
No CVSS v4.0
No CVSS v3.0
No CVSS v2
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.501% probability within 30 days)
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* |
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| 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 | |
| Title | Vault AWS auth method bypass due to AWS client cache | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-288 | |
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