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CVE-2021-43998

Published: Nov 30, 2021Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-732
6.5MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
1.0%
Top 41.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

Description

HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise 0.11.0 up to 1.7.5 and 1.8.4 templated ACL policies would always match the first-created entity alias if multiple entity aliases exist for a specified entity and mount combination, potentially resulting in incorrect policy enforcement. Fixed in Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.7.6, 1.8.5, and 1.9.0.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:HUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:HPrivileges Required
High
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-732

Affected Products

Go
package-ecosystem
github.com/hashicorp/vault
OSS Libraries
hashicorp
commercial·USaka hashicorp inc.
vaultSaaSSaaS Service
Cloud & SaaS
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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-2021-30-vaults-templated-acl-policies-matched-first-created-alias-per-entity-and-auth-backend/32132
discuss.hashicorp.com
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202207-01
security.gentoo.org
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-43998
nvd.nist.gov
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