CVE-2020-16250

HighCVSS 8.2/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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..

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 8.2/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-290 CWE-345

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Aug 26, 2020
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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