CVE-2022-25243

"Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.8.0 through 1.8.8, and 1.9.3 allowed the PKI secrets engine under...

6.5 MediumFix available

"Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.8.0 through 1.8.8, and 1.9.3 allowed the PKI secrets engine under certain configurations to issue wildcard certificates to authorized users for a specified domain, even if the PKI role policy attribute allow_subdomains is set to false. Fixed in Vault Enterprise 1.8.9 and 1.9.4.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: Low
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: None
Integrity: High
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

0.57%Down 0.3 points since Mar 8, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.5

Record: CVE-2022-25243
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.0: 3.5 LowAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness: CWE-295
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2022-25243
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2022-29940 No score

Record: EUVD-2022-29940
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-p3j9-qwh2-784j 6.5

"Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.8.0 through 1.8.8, and 1.9.3 allowed the PKI secrets engine under...

Record: GHSA-p3j9-qwh2-784j
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness: CWE-295
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVALPINE-CVE-2022-25243 6.5

Record: ALPINE-CVE-2022-25243
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-03

OSVBIT-vault-2022-25243 No score

Record: BIT-vault-2022-25243
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV No score

Record: CVE-2022-25243
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

hashicorp vault

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`vault` Alpine:v3.15	1.8.0 up to 1.9.4-r0	1.9.4-r0
`vault` Alpine:v3.16	1.8.0 up to 1.9.4-r0	1.9.4-r0
`vault` Alpine:v3.17	1.8.0 up to 1.9.4-r0	1.9.4-r0
`vault` Alpine:v3.18	1.8.0 up to 1.9.4-r0	1.9.4-r0
`vault` Bitnami	1.8.0 up to 1.8.9, 1.9.0 up to 1.9.4	1.8.91.9.4

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	affected, aliases, references	OSV
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2022-25243 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Hashicorp Vault, published March 7, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.57%, the 47th percentile. Fixed in vault 1.9.4-r0.