CVE-2025-11621

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  "id": "CVE-2025-11621",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2025-10-23T19:15:48.893",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-18T21:10:00.120",
  "vulnStatus": "Analyzed",
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      "value": "Vault and Vault Enterprise’s (“Vault”) AWS Auth method may be susceptible to authentication bypass if the role of the configured bound_principal_iam is the same across AWS accounts, or uses a wildcard. This vulnerability, CVE-2025-11621, is fixed in Vault Community Edition 1.21.0 and Vault Enterprise 1.21.0, 1.20.5, 1.19.11, and 1.16.27"
    },
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      "value": "El método de autenticación de AWS de Vault y Vault Enterprise ('Vault') puede ser susceptible a una omisión de autenticación si el rol del 'bound_principal_iam' configurado es el mismo en todas las cuentas de AWS o utiliza un comodín. Esta vulnerabilidad, CVE-2025-11621, está corregida en Vault Community Edition 1.21.0 y Vault Enterprise 1.21.0, 1.20.5, 1.19.11 y 1.16.27."
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