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01 Record

CVE-2020-16250

HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise versions 0.7.1 and newer, when configured with the AWS IAM auth method, may be vulnerable to authentication bypass. Fixed in 1.2.5, 1.3.8, 1.4.4, and 1.5.1..

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

02 Description

HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise versions 0.7.1 and newer, when configured with the AWS IAM auth method, may be vulnerable to authentication bypass. Fixed in 1.2.5, 1.3.8, 1.4.4, and 1.5.1..

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
1.50% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 73.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
8.2 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2020-08-26 14:17Z6 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-04 13:37Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2020-07-31
Assigning CNA
mitre
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
  • CWE-290Authentication Bypass by SpoofingBase
  • CWE-345Insufficient Verification of Data AuthenticityClass
Data version
5.1
Document digest
01d2bff72e2a117456b4247471c642dd017f608809aa014ee36589be74758d3e

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
hashicorpvaultNot specified—
redhatloggingNot specified—
redhatopenshiftNot specified—
redhatopenshift_container_storageNot specified—
redhatopenshift_data_foundationNot specified—

06 References