What is CVE-2020-35453?

CVE-2020-35453 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hashicorp Vault. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-12-17.

How severe is CVE-2020-35453?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2020-35453 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Hashicorp Vault

CVE-2020-35453

HashiCorp Vault Enterprise’s Sentinel EGP policy feature incorrectly allowed requests to be processed in parent and sibling namespaces. Fixed in 1.5.6 and 1.6.1.

EPSS: 0.008 (53.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Hashicorp Vault
N/a — versions n/a

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Release Notes)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-35453?: CVE-2020-35453 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hashicorp Vault. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-12-17.
How severe is CVE-2020-35453?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-35453 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.