CVE-2025-6011
Timing Side-Channel in Vault’s Userpass Auth Method
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 3.7 Low
- Published
- Aug 1, 2025
- Updated
- Aug 1, 2025
- Reserved
- Jun 11, 2025
Description
A timing side channel in Vault and Vault Enterprise’s (“Vault”) userpass auth method allowed an attacker to distinguish between existing and non-existing users, and potentially enumerate valid usernames for Vault’s Userpass auth method. Fixed in Vault Community Edition 1.20.1 and Vault Enterprise 1.20.1, 1.19.7, 1.18.12, and 1.16.23.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 3.7 Low | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N | HashiCorp |
Weaknesses
- CWE-203 Observable Discrepancy
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
VaultHashiCorp |
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Vault EnterpriseHashiCorp |
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References
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