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Vault’s Azure Authentication Method bound_location Restriction Could be Bypassed on Login

Type: advisorySources: OSV

Vault Community, Vault Enterprise (“Vault”) Azure Auth method did not correctly validate the claims in the Azure-issued token, resulting in the potential bypass of the bound_locations parameter on login. Fixed in Vault Community Edition 1.19.1 and Vault Enterprise 1.19.1, 1.18.7, 1.17.14, 1.16.18.

Products
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Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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CVEs
CVE-2025-3879
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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6 Nov 2026, 00:18 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Vault’s Azure Authentication Method bound_location Restriction Could be Bypassed on Login

core-osv · Original source

Published 2 May 2025, 16:15 UTC

Vault Community, Vault Enterprise (“Vault”) Azure Auth method did not correctly validate the claims in the Azure-issued token, resulting in the potential bypass of the bound_locations parameter on login. Fixed in Vault Community Edition 1.19.1 and Vault Enterprise 1.19.1, 1.18.7, 1.17.14, 1.16.18.

osv:CVE-2025-3879
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-3879",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Vault’s Azure Authentication Method bound_location Restriction Could be Bypassed on Login",
    "summary": "Vault Community, Vault Enterprise (“Vault”) Azure Auth method did not correctly validate the claims in the Azure-issued token, resulting in the potential bypass of the bound_locations parameter on login. Fixed in Vault Community Edition 1.19.1 and Vault Enterprise 1.19.1, 1.18.7, 1.17.14, 1.16.18.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2025-3879",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:45.308320Z",
      "provider": "osv",
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        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/3xxx/CVE-2025-3879.json",
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}