Critical severity · published Jul 15, 2025
CVE-2025-49827
Conjur OSS and Secrets Manager, Self-Hosted (formerly Conjur Enterprise) Vulnerable to Bypass of IAM Authenticator
9.8
CVSS
1.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Conjur provides secrets management and application identity for infrastructure. Conjur OSS versions 1.19.5 through 1.22.0 and Secrets Manager, Self-Hosted (formerly known as Conjur Enterprise) 13.1 through 13.5 and 13.6 are vulnerable to bypass of the IAM authenticator. An attacker who can manipulate the headers signed by AWS can take advantage of a malformed regular expression to redirect the authentication validation request that Secrets Manager, Self-Hosted sends to AWS to a malicious server controlled by the attacker. This redirection could result in a bypass of the Secrets Manager, Self-Hosted IAM Authenticator, granting the attacker the permissions granted to the client whose request was manipulated. This issue affects both Secrets Manager, Self-Hosted (formerly Conjur Enterprise) and Conjur OSS. Conjur OSS version 1.22.1 and Secrets Manager, Self-Hosted versions 13.5.1 and 13.6.1 fix the issue.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.4% · higher than 73% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CO
conjur · cyberark
Conjur OSS >= 1.19.5, < 1.22.1; Secrets Manager, Self-Hosted (formerly known as Conjur Enterprise) >= 13.1, < 13.5.1; Secrets Manager, Self-Hosted (formerly known as Conjur Enterprise) >= 13.6, < 13.6.1 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-49827
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-49827
Release Notes
https://github.com/cyberark/conjur/releases/tag/v1.22.1
Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/cyberark/conjur/security/advisories/GHSA-gmc5-9mpc-xg75
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/07/16/7
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/08/08/1
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