Vulnerability in Hashicorp Vault
CVE-2021-32923
HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise allowed the renewal of nearly-expired token leases and dynamic secret leases (specifically, those within 1 second of their maximum TTL), which caused them to be incorrectly treated as non-expiring during subsequent use. Fixed in 1.5.9, 1.6.5, and 1.7.2.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.014 (71.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 71st percentile — 71.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.hashicorp.com/blog/category/vault/ (Product, Vendor Advisory)
- discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-15-vault-renewed-nearly-expired-leases-with-… (Vendor Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202207-01 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-32923?
- CVE-2021-32923 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hashicorp Vault, classified under Insufficient Session Expiration. CVSS score: 7.4/10. Published 2021-06-03.
- How severe is CVE-2021-32923?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.4 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2021-32923 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.