MEDIUM6.5

GHSA-7rx2-769v-hrwf

HashiCorp Vault ldap auth method may not have correctly enforced MFA

Quick fix

GHSA-7rx2-769v-hrwf — github.com/hashicorp/vault: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

go get github.com/hashicorp/vault@v1.20.2

Details

Vault and Vault Enterprise’s (“Vault”) ldap auth method may not have correctly enforced MFA if username_as_alias was set to true and a user had multiple CNs that are equal but with leading or trailing spaces. Fixed in Vault Community Edition 1.20.2 and Vault Enterprise 1.20.2, 1.19.8, 1.18.13, and 1.16.24.

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Affected packages

Go/github.com/hashicorp/vault

Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 1.20.2

Fixgo get github.com/hashicorp/vault@v1.20.2

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6013[ADVISORY]
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-20-vault-ldap-mfa-enforcement-bypass-when-using-username-as-alias/76092[WEB]
https://github.com/hashicorp/vault[PACKAGE]