What is CVE-2021-42135?

CVE-2021-42135 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hashicorp Vault, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2021-10-11.

How severe is CVE-2021-42135?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Hashicorp Vault

CVE-2021-42135

HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.8.x through 1.8.4 may have an unexpected interaction between glob-related policies and the Google Cloud secrets engine. Users may, in some situations, have more privileges than intended, e.g., a user…

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.008 (51.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Hashicorp Vault
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-42135?: CVE-2021-42135 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hashicorp Vault, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2021-10-11.
How severe is CVE-2021-42135?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.