Vulnerability Report

CVE-2021-41802

Title: Privilege Escalation in HashiCorp Vault

PrivEsc

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2021-41802.

CWE Category CWE-732
Published Date Oct 08, 2021
Modified Date Nov 21, 2024
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 2.9 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.55%

Vulnerability Summary

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.

Impacted Vendors

H
hashicorp 1
T
tibco 1

Reference Links

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 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
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity LOW
2.9
Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
CHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.4
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.5
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2021-41802 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction REQUIRED
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.