Root Privileges Escalation Vulnerability in Vault
CVE-2024-9180

7.2HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Hashicorp
Status
Vault
Vault Enterprise
Vendor
CVE Published:
10 October 2024

What is CVE-2024-9180?

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists within HashiCorp Vault, where a Vault operator possessing write permissions to the root namespace's identity endpoint could potentially escalate their own privileges or those of another user to access Vault's root policy. This could lead to unauthorized access and control over sensitive data managed within Vault. The issue has been addressed in Vault Community Edition version 1.18.0 and Vault Enterprise versions 1.18.0, 1.17.7, 1.16.11, and 1.15.16, suggesting that users should promptly upgrade to these versions to mitigate risks.

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Affected Version(s)

Vault 64 bit 0.10.4 < 1.18.0

Vault Enterprise 64 bit 0.10.4 < 1.18.0

References

https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2024-21-vault-opera...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.2
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

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