Vulnerability in Hashicorp Vault
CVE-2021-41802
HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise through 1.7.4 and 1.8.3 allowed a user with write permission to an entity alias ID sharing a mount accessor with another user to acquire this other user’s policies by merging their identities. Fixed in Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.7.5 and 1.8.4.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 2.9 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.006 (47.1th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 47th percentile — 47.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-27-vault-merging-multiple-entity-aliases-for… (Vendor Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202207-01 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-41802?
- CVE-2021-41802 is a low-severity vulnerability in Hashicorp Vault, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 2.9/10. Published 2021-10-08.
- How severe is CVE-2021-41802?
- Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.9 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2021-41802 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.