{"id":"GHSA-fp52-qw33-mfmw","summary":"Authentication Bypass by Spoofing and Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity in Hashicorp Vault","details":"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..","aliases":["BIT-vault-2020-16250","CVE-2020-16250","GO-2022-0825"],"modified":"2026-07-17T21:08:41.880051449Z","published":"2021-08-02T17:11:41Z","database_specific":{"cwe_ids":["CWE-290","CWE-345"],"severity":"HIGH","github_reviewed":true,"github_reviewed_at":"2021-07-26T18:55:09Z","nvd_published_at":"2020-08-26T15:15:00Z"},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16250"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/hashicorp/vault"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/hashicorp/vault/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#151"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/category/vault"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159478/Hashicorp-Vault-AWS-IAM-Integration-Authentication-Bypass.html"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"github.com/hashicorp/vault","ecosystem":"Go","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/hashicorp/vault"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0.8.1"},{"fixed":"1.2.5"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2021/08/GHSA-fp52-qw33-mfmw/GHSA-fp52-qw33-mfmw.json"}},{"package":{"name":"github.com/hashicorp/vault","ecosystem":"Go","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/hashicorp/vault"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"1.3.0"},{"fixed":"1.3.8"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2021/08/GHSA-fp52-qw33-mfmw/GHSA-fp52-qw33-mfmw.json"}},{"package":{"name":"github.com/hashicorp/vault","ecosystem":"Go","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/hashicorp/vault"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"1.4.0"},{"fixed":"1.4.4"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2021/08/GHSA-fp52-qw33-mfmw/GHSA-fp52-qw33-mfmw.json"}},{"package":{"name":"github.com/hashicorp/vault","ecosystem":"Go","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/hashicorp/vault"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"1.5.0"},{"fixed":"1.5.1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2021/08/GHSA-fp52-qw33-mfmw/GHSA-fp52-qw33-mfmw.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N"}]}