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Moderate severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 1, 2025· Updated Feb 26, 2026

Vault Certificate Auth Method Did Not Validate Common Name For Non-CA Certificates

CVE-2025-6037

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.

Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

PackageAffected versionsPatched versions
github.com/hashicorp/vaultGo
< 1.20.11.20.1

Affected products

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Patches

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