Denial of Service in HashiCorp Vault with Integrated Storage Backend
CVE-2021-45042

4.9MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Hashicorp
Status
Vault
Vendor
CVE Published:
17 December 2021

What is CVE-2021-45042?

In certain versions of HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise, a vulnerability exists in the Integrated Storage backend. An authenticated user with write permissions to a kv secrets engine can exploit this vulnerability to trigger a panic in the storage backend, potentially leading to a denial of service. This behavior can disrupt access to secrets stored within the system, which could impact application operations relying on this critical service.

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References

https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/category/vault
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https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec2-21-33-vault-s-kv-s...
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202207-01
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.9
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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