Medium severity · published Aug 1, 2025
CVE-2025-6015
Vault and Vault Enterprise’s (“Vault”) login MFA rate limits could be bypassed and TOTP tokens could be reused
5.7
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Vault and Vault Enterprise’s (“Vault”) login MFA rate limits could be bypassed and TOTP tokens could be reused. Fixed in Vault Community Edition 1.20.1 and Vault Enterprise 1.20.1, 1.19.7, 1.18.12, and 1.16.23.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 28% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VA
Vault · Hashicorp
1.10.0 before 1.16.23; 1.10.0 before 1.20.1; 1.17.0 before 1.18.12; 1.19.0 before 1.19.7; 1.20.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6015
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-6015
Vendor Advisory
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-19-vault-login-mfa-bypass-of-rate-limiting-and-totp-token-reuse/76038
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