TI-2025-12209 Aliases CVE-2025-13357 GHSA-gmm6-j2g5-r52m

Vault Terraform Provider Applied Incorrect Defaults for LDAP Auth Method

MEDIUM 44CWE-1188Published 2025-11-21 · Updated 2026-04-17

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

Summary

Vault’s Terraform Provider incorrectly set the default deny_null_bind parameter for the LDAP auth method to false by default, potentially resulting in an insecure configuration. If the underlying LDAP server allowed anonymous or unauthenticated binds, this could result in authentication bypass. This vulnerability, CVE-2025-13357, is fixed in Vault Terraform Provider v5.5.0.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00532 45th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed Tooling (HashiCorp): 5.5.0github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-vault (Go): 5.5.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Total

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Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
HashiCorp	Tooling	4.2.0 to before 5.5.0	5.5.0	Patch available	CNA
—	github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-vault (Go)	before 5.5.0	5.5.0	Patch available	GHSA-gmm6-j2g5-r52m

Tooling VendorHashiCorp Affected 4.2.0 to before 5.5.0 Fixed in 5.5.0 Patch available CNA
github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-vault (Go) Vendor— Affected before 5.5.0 Fixed in 5.5.0 Patch available GHSA-gmm6-j2g5-r52m

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:terraform_provider::::::vault::*	4.2.0 to before 5.5.0	Vulnerable	HashiCorp

cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:terraform_provider:*:*:*:*:*:vault:*:* Versions 4.2.0 to before 5.5.0 Vulnerable ·HashiCorp

Remediation

Fix · CNA Tooling (HashiCorp) Fixed in 5.5.0
Fix · GHSA-gmm6-j2g5-r52m github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-vault (Go) Fixed in 5.5.0 Advisory →

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-13357
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gmm6-j2g5-r52m

References

Advisory 3

Other 4

TI-2021-10878 HashiCorp Terraform’s Vault Provider (terraform-provider-vault) did not correctly… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8

Sources

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