Identity Engine Vulnerability in HashiCorp Vault Affects Multiple Mount Accessors
CVE-2022-40186

9.1CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor

Hashicorp
Status
Vault
Vendor
CVE Published:
22 September 2022

What is CVE-2022-40186?

A vulnerability was identified in HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise versions prior to 1.11.3 within the Identity Engine. In scenarios where an entity utilizes multiple mount accessors sharing identical alias names, the system may incorrectly overwrite metadata, linking it to the wrong alias. This flaw compromises access pathways to key/value data based on incorrect metadata assignments, potentially leading to unauthorized data exposure.

References

https://discuss.hashicorp.com
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2022-18-vault-entit...
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221111-0008/

CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.1
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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