Auth bypass in Hashicorp Vault

CVE-2024-5798

Vault and Vault Enterprise did not properly validate the JSON Web Token (JWT) role-bound audience claim when using the Vault JWT auth method. This may have resulted in Vault validating a JWT the audience and role-bound claims do not match, allowing an invalid login to succeed when it should have been rejected. This vulnerability, CVE-2024-5798, was fixed in Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.17.0, 1.16.3, and 1.15.9

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 2.6 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (25.3th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 25th percentile — 25.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2024-5798: held from 0.003 to 0.003.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-5798?
CVE-2024-5798 is a low-severity vulnerability in Hashicorp Vault, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 2.6/10. Published 2024-06-12.
How severe is CVE-2024-5798?
Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.6 out of 10.