What is CVE-2021-36230?

CVE-2021-36230 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hashicorp Terraform, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2021-07-20.

How severe is CVE-2021-36230?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Hashicorp Terraform

CVE-2021-36230

HashiCorp Terraform Enterprise releases up to v202106-1 did not properly perform authorization checks on a subset of API requests executed using the run token, allowing privilege escalation to organization owner. Fixed in v202107-1.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

Published 2021-07-20 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (60.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-07.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 60th percentile — 60.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Hashicorp Terraform

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-863 — Incorrect Authorization

References

www.hashicorp.com/blog/category/terraform/ (Vendor Advisory)
discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-18-terraform-enterprise-allowed-privilege-es… (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-36230?: CVE-2021-36230 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hashicorp Terraform, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2021-07-20.
How severe is CVE-2021-36230?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.