CVE-2021-42135

Published: Oct 11, 2021Modified: Nov 21, 2024

8.1

Vector

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

Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 5.2

Source: NVD

Description

HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.8.x through 1.8.4 may have an unexpected interaction between glob-related policies and the Google Cloud secrets engine. Users may, in some situations, have more privileges than intended, e.g., a user with read permission for the /gcp/roleset/* path may be able to issue Google Cloud service account credentials.

Affected (2)

Products: Hashicorp: Vault

1 product

Configuration A

2 vulnerable

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

Related CWEs

Improper Privilege Management

The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

References (2)

https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-28-vaults-google-cloud-secrets-engine-policies-with-globs-may-provide-additional-privileges-in-vault-1-8-0-onwards/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-28-vaults-google-cloud-secrets-engine-policies-with-globs-may-provide-additional-privileges-in-vault-1-8-0-onwards/

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

Vendor Advisory

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