CVE-2025-5999 Affecting splunk-otel-collector-fips package, versions <0.138.0-r1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.49% (39th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CHAINGUARDLATEST-SPLUNKOTELCOLLECTORFIPS-14890116
  • published7 Jan 2026
  • disclosed1 Aug 2025

Introduced: 1 Aug 2025

CVE-2025-5999  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Chainguard splunk-otel-collector-fips to version 0.138.0-r1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream splunk-otel-collector-fips package and not the splunk-otel-collector-fips package as distributed by Chainguard. See How to fix? for Chainguard relevant fixed versions and status.

A privileged Vault operator with write permissions to the root namespace’s identity endpoint could escalate their own or another user’s token privileges to Vault’s root policy. Fixed in Vault Community Edition 1.20.0 and Vault Enterprise 1.20.0, 1.19.6, 1.18.11 and 1.16.22.