CVE-2021-41802 — Incorrect Permission Assignment in Hashicorp Vault

CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission AssignmentCWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management5 documents4 sources
Severity
5.4MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 51.25%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Github.com Hashicorp VaultHashicorp Vault
Timeline
PublishedOct 8
Latest updateAug 21

Description

HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise through 1.7.4 and 1.8.3 allowed a user with write permission to an entity alias ID sharing a mount accessor with another user to acquire this other user’s policies by merging their identities. Fixed in Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.7.5 and 1.8.4.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:NExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 2.5

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDhashicorp/vault1.8.0 — 1.8.4+1
▶Gogithub.com/hashicorp_vault1.8.0 — 1.8.4+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
OSV
Hashicorp Vault Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in github.com/hashicorp/vault↗2024-08-21
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OSV
Hashicorp Vault Privilege Escalation Vulnerability↗2021-10-12
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GHSA
Hashicorp Vault Privilege Escalation Vulnerability↗2021-10-12
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
vault: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource↗2021-10-08
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