Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise
CVE-2021-41802

2.9LOW

Key Information:

Vendor

Hashicorp
Status
Vault
Vendor
CVE Published:
8 October 2021

What is CVE-2021-41802?

HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise versions up to 1.7.4 and 1.8.3 exhibit a vulnerability that permits a user with write access to an entity alias ID to merge identities with another user sharing the same mount accessor. This flaw allows unauthorized access to the other user's policies, potentially leading to privilege escalation. The issue has been resolved in Vault and Vault Enterprise versions 1.7.5 and 1.8.4.

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References

https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-27-vault-mergi...
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202207-01
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
2.9
Severity:
LOW
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
None
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Adjacent Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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