CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2021-43998

HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise 0.11.0 up to 1.7.5 and 1.8.4 templated ACL policies would always match the first-created entity alias if multiple entity aliases exist for a specified entity and mount combination, potentially resulting in incorrect policy enforcement. Fixed in Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.7.6, 1.8.5, and 1.9.0.

5.5 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8 / Impact : 4.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

Scope

6.5 /10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.2 / Impact : 5.2

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-30-vaults-templated-acl-policies-matched-first-created-alias-per-entity-and-auth-backend/32132 Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202207-01 Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:1.8.4:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:1.8.4:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2021-11-30 03:15

Updated : 2022-09-08 09:42

NVD link : CVE-2021-43998

Mitre link : CVE-2021-43998

Products Affected

Hashicorp

Vault

CWE
CWE-732