Security fix · CVE-2025-6004
Vault and Vault Enterprise’s (“Vault”) user lockout feature could be bypassed for Userpass and LDAP authentication methods.
Published Aug 1, 2025 · catalog updated Aug 1, 2025 · Hashicorp Vault
Last checked Nov 5, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-6004. EPSS is 0.46%. Act only if a listed version of Hashicorp Vault is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
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- Severity
- Medium5.3
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.46%
- Remediation
- Version ranges on file
- Affected products
- vendor Hashicorp Vault 1.13.0 <1.20.1
Vault and Vault Enterprise’s (“Vault”) user lockout feature could be bypassed for Userpass and LDAP authentication methods. Fixed in Vault Community Edition 1.20.1 and Vault Enterprise 1.20.1, 1.19.7, 1.18.12, and 1.16.23.
Are you affected?
Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.
The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.
- vendor Hashicorp Vault 1.13.0 <1.20.11.13.0 <1.20.1
How to fix CVE-2025-6004
Upgrade
CVE-2025-6004 lists a fix boundary at 1.20.1. Compare the installed build with that boundary before you change production.
Version check
Seen in 1.13.0 <1.20.1
Advisory
Open the cve_org record and follow its fix.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-6004. EPSS is 0.46%. Act only if a listed version of Hashicorp Vault is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with Hashicorp Vault 1.13.0 <1.20.1 1.13.0 <1.20.1. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.46%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Technology hubs
Code
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No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Aug 1, 2025 · EUVD
Detected
Vault and Vault Enterprise’s (“Vault”) user lockout feature could be bypassed for Userpass and LDAP authentication methods. Fixed in Vault Community Edition 1.20.1 and Vault Enterprise 1.20.1, 1.19.7, 1.18.12, and 1.16.23.
Aug 1, 2025 · EUVD
Updated
Vault and Vault Enterprise’s (“Vault”) user lockout feature could be bypassed for Userpass and LDAP authentication methods. Fixed in Vault Community Edition 1.20.1 and Vault Enterprise 1.20.1, 1.19.7, 1.18.12, and 1.16.23.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-6004
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-6004
30-day exploitation probability 0.46%
first.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-23396
Vault and Vault Enterprise’s (“Vault”) user lockout feature could be bypassed for Userpass and LDAP authentication methods. Fixed in Vault Community Edition 1.20.1 and Vault Enterprise 1.20.1, 1.19.7, 1.18.12, and 1.16.23.
euvd.enisa.europa.eu
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Nov 5, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.
- FIRST EPSSNov 5, 2026
- CVE.orgOct 21, 2026
- EUVDOct 21, 2026