{"id":"CVE-2020-16251","details":"HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise versions 0.8.3 and newer, when configured with the GCP GCE auth method, may be vulnerable to authentication bypass. Fixed in 1.2.5, 1.3.8, 1.4.4, and 1.5.1.","aliases":["BIT-vault-2020-16251","GHSA-4mp7-2m29-gqxf","GO-2024-2488"],"modified":"2026-04-11T20:33:24.694452Z","published":"2020-08-26T15:15:12.913Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159479/Hashicorp-Vault-GCP-IAM-Integration-Authentication-Bypass.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/hashicorp/vault/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#151"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/category/vault/"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/hashicorp/vault","events":[{"introduced":"6b29fb2b7f70ed538ee2b3c057335d706b6d4e36"},{"fixed":"ef3b7ebddb821c4fa9ca7f82c2316d9859fdc349"},{"introduced":"0f5c835d1cf91c00d01cb29a0048732d91357afa"},{"fixed":"94100571da9270c35bce201fdf0ff859c2fb2125"},{"introduced":"d808ace758b9bac5c84a9634ffbfae43c5f5a3ad"},{"fixed":"9e78745ab1db6fe8ca76bf2d471ca7455d29ca83"},{"introduced":"340cc2fa263f6cbd2861b41518da8a62c153e2e7"},{"fixed":"acf61cc20e35dfa8d890ff778ecf26194642f85c"}],"database_specific":{"cpe":["cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*"],"extracted_events":[{"introduced":"0.8.3"},{"fixed":"1.2.5"},{"introduced":"1.3.0"},{"fixed":"1.3.8"},{"introduced":"1.4.0"},{"fixed":"1.4.4"},{"introduced":"1.5.0"},{"fixed":"1.5.1"}],"source":"CPE_FIELD"}}],"versions":["api/v1.0.1","api/v1.0.2","api/v1.0.3","api/v1.0.4","sdk/v0.1.10","sdk/v0.1.11","sdk/v0.1.12","sdk/v0.1.13","sdk/v0.1.8","sdk/v0.1.9","v0.10.0","v0.10.0-rc1","v0.10.1","v0.10.2","v0.10.3","v0.10.4","v0.11.0","v0.11.0-beta1","v0.11.1","v0.11.2","v0.8.3","v0.9.0","v0.9.1","v0.9.2","v0.9.4","v0.9.5","v0.9.6","v1.0.0","v1.0.0-beta1","v1.0.0-beta2","v1.0.0-rc1","v1.0.1","v1.0.2","v1.0.3","v1.1.0","v1.1.0-beta1","v1.1.0-beta2","v1.1.1","v1.2.0","v1.2.0-beta1","v1.2.0-beta2","v1.2.0-rc1","v1.2.1","v1.2.2","v1.2.3","v1.4.0-beta1"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-16251.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N"}]}