CVE-2021-41802

Published: Oct 8, 2021Modified: Nov 21, 2024

5.4

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 2.5

Source: NVD

Description

HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise through 1.7.4 and 1.8.3 allowed a user with write permission to an entity alias ID sharing a mount accessor with another user to acquire this other user’s policies by merging their identities. Fixed in Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.7.5 and 1.8.4.

Affected (4)

Products: Hashicorp: Vault

1 product

Configuration A

4 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Hashicorp Vault	Before 1.7.5
Hashicorp Vault	From 1.8.0 to 1.8.4
Hashicorp Vault	Before 1.7.5
Hashicorp Vault	From 1.8.0 to 1.8.4

Related CWEs

Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

The product specifies permissions for a security-critical resource in a way that allows that resource to be read or modified by unintended actors.

References (4)

https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-27-vault-merging-multiple-entity-aliases-for-the-same-mount-may-allow-privilege-escalation/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202207-01

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-27-vault-merging-multiple-entity-aliases-for-the-same-mount-may-allow-privilege-escalation/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202207-01

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

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