Vulnerability in Hashicorp Vault
CVE-2021-45042
In HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise before 1.7.7, 1.8.x before 1.8.6, and 1.9.x before 1.9.1, clusters using the Integrated Storage backend allowed an authenticated user (with write permissions to a kv secrets engine) to cause a panic and denial of service of the storage backend. The earliest affected version is 1.4.0.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.014 (71.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 72nd percentile — 71.6% 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
- Hashicorp Vault — versions 1.9.0
References
- www.hashicorp.com/blog/category/vault (Product, Vendor Advisory)
- discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec2-21-33-vault-s-kv-secrets-engine-with-integrated-… (Vendor Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202207-01 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-45042?
- CVE-2021-45042 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hashicorp Vault. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2021-12-17.
- How severe is CVE-2021-45042?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.