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CVE-2021-41802

Published: Oct 8, 2021Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-732
2.9LOW
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.6%
Top 56.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

Description

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 Vector Breakdown

AV:AAC:LPR:HUI:RS:CC:LI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:AAttack Vector
Adjacent
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:HPrivileges Required
High
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
Low
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-732

Affected Products

hashicorp
commercial·USaka hashicorp inc.
vaultSaaSSaaS Service
Cloud & SaaS
Go
package-ecosystem
github.com/hashicorp/vault
OSS Libraries
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-27-vault-merging-multiple-entity-aliases-for-the-same-mount-may-allow-privilege-escalation/
discuss.hashicorp.com
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202207-01
security.gentoo.org
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41802
nvd.nist.gov
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