CVE-2021-43998 — Incorrect Permission Assignment in Hashicorp Vault

CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment5 documents4 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 48.49%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Github.com Hashicorp VaultHashicorp Vault
Timeline
PublishedNov 30
Latest updateAug 21

Description

HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise 0.11.0 up to 1.7.5 and 1.8.4 templated ACL policies would always match the first-created entity alias if multiple entity aliases exist for a specified entity and mount combination, potentially resulting in incorrect policy enforcement. Fixed in Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.7.6, 1.8.5, and 1.9.0.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:NExploitability: 1.2 | Impact: 5.2

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Gogithub.com/hashicorp_vault0.11.0 — 1.7.6+1
▶NVDhashicorp/vault0.11.0 — 1.7.5+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
OSV
HashiCorp Vault Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource in github.com/hashicorp/vault↗2024-08-21
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GHSA
HashiCorp Vault Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource↗2021-12-02
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OSV
HashiCorp Vault Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource↗2021-12-02
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
vault: incorrect policy enforcement↗2021-11-18
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