# CVE-2025-5999: Vault Root Namespace Operator May Elevate Token Privileges

> CVE-2025-5999: Vault Root Namespace Operator May Elevate Token Privileges. CVSS 7.2 (CVSS 3.1).

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-5999
Last updated: 2026-06-17T09:49:11Z

- Published: 2025-08-01 17:38 UTC · Updated: 2026-06-17 09:49 UTC · Assigner: HashiCorp
- CVSS: 7.2 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: High · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS: 0.51%, 43th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: no
- CWE: CWE-266

## Description

A privileged Vault operator with write permissions to the root namespace’s identity endpoint could escalate their own or another user’s token privileges to Vault’s root policy. Fixed in Vault Community Edition 1.20.0 and Vault Enterprise 1.20.0, 1.19.6, 1.18.11 and 1.16.22.

## Affected vendors and products

- HashiCorp: Vault
- HashiCorp: Vault Enterprise

## Tracked companies

- [HashiCorp](https://rewindex.com/company/hashicorp.md)

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-5999)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5999)
- [https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-13-vault-root-namespace-operator-may-elevate-token-privileges/76032](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-13-vault-root-namespace-operator-may-elevate-token-privileges/76032)

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_Sources: CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (https://www.cve.org/) This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (https://nvd.nist.gov/) Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog) EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (https://www.first.org/epss/)_


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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-5999 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-5999.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2025-5999 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T02:17:06.135Z