CVE-2021-41802

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.

Published: Oct 8, 2021
Updated: May 9, 2024
CVE: CVE-2021-41802
GHSA: GHSA-qv95-g3gm-x542
Severity: Medium
Exploit:

CVSS v3:

Severity: Medium
Score: 5.4
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS v2:

Severity: Medium
Score: 5.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

CWEs:

CWE-732
CWE-269

Affected Software
References

Software	From	Fixed in
hashicorp / vault	1.8.0	1.8.4
hashicorp / vault	-	1.7.5
github.com/hashicorp/vault	-	1.7.5
github.com/hashicorp/vault	1.8.0	1.8.4

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

Vulnerability Database

CVE-2021-41802