CVE-2025-5999 Affecting splunk-otel-collector package, versions <0.138.0-r0


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-WOLFILATEST-SPLUNKOTELCOLLECTOR-15416491
  • published5 Mar 2026
  • disclosed1 Aug 2025

Introduced: 1 Aug 2025

CVE-2025-5999  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Wolfi splunk-otel-collector to version 0.138.0-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream splunk-otel-collector package and not the splunk-otel-collector package as distributed by Wolfi. See How to fix? for Wolfi 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.