A timing side channel in Vault and Vault Enterprise’s (“Vault”) userpass auth method allowed an attacker to distinguish between existing and non-existing users, and potentially enumerate valid usernames for Vault’s Userpass auth method. Fixed in Vault Community Edition 1.20.1 and Vault Enterprise 1.20.1, 1.19.7, 1.18.12, and 1.16.23.
History

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Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Low


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First Time appeared Hashicorp
Hashicorp vault
Hashicorp vault Enterprise
Vendors & Products Hashicorp
Hashicorp vault
Hashicorp vault Enterprise

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description A timing side channel in Vault and Vault Enterprise’s (“Vault”) userpass auth method allowed an attacker to distinguish between existing and non-existing users, and potentially enumerate valid usernames for Vault’s Userpass auth method. Fixed in Vault Community Edition 1.20.1 and Vault Enterprise 1.20.1, 1.19.7, 1.18.12, and 1.16.23.
Title Timing Side-Channel in Vault’s Userpass Auth Method
Weaknesses CWE-203
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: HashiCorp

Published: 2025-08-01T18:00:24.528Z

Updated: 2025-08-01T19:06:58.251Z

Reserved: 2025-06-11T18:57:02.577Z

Link: CVE-2025-6011

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-08-01T19:06:49.033Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-08-01T18:15:56.713

Modified: 2025-08-04T15:06:15.833

Link: CVE-2025-6011

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2025-08-01T18:00:24Z

Links: CVE-2025-6011 - Bugzilla