Arbitrary Remote Code Execution via Plugin Catalog Abuse (CVE-2025-6000)

Summary

Arbitrary Remote Code Execution via Plugin Catalog Abuse

Original description

The description as published by the source.

A privileged Vault operator within the root namespace with write permission to {{sys/audit}} may obtain code execution on the underlying host if a plugin directory is set in Vault’s configuration. Fixed in Vault Community Edition 1.20.1 and Vault Enterprise 1.20.1, 1.19.7, 1.18.12, and 1.16.23.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD GitHub Advisory OSV

Affected packages

Bitnami vault

[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0.8.0"},{"fixed":"1.20.1"}]}]

References

advisory discuss.hashicorp.com
web nvd.nist.gov