Auth bypass in Hashicorp Vault
CVE-2022-40186
An issue was discovered in HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise before 1.11.3. A vulnerability in the Identity Engine was found where, in a deployment where an entity has multiple mount accessors with shared alias names, Vault may overwrit…
Vulnerability class: IDOR (Insecure Direct Object Reference)
EPSS: 0.008 (51.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.
Affected products
- Hashicorp Vault
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-40186?
- CVE-2022-40186 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Hashicorp Vault, classified under Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2022-09-22.
- How severe is CVE-2022-40186?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2022-40186 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.