CVE-2021-42135
Title: HashiCorp Vault Privilege Escalation via Glob Policies
Privilege Escalation
Proof Of Concept
No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2021-42135.
CWE Category
CWE-269
Published Date
Oct 11, 2021
Modified Date
Nov 21, 2024
Exploit Status
Not Found
Score
8.1
CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.19%
Vulnerability Summary
CVE-2021-42135: HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.8.x through 1.8.4 may have an unexpected interaction between glob-related policies and the Google Cloud secrets engine. Users may, in some situations, have more privileges than intended, e.g., a user with read permission for the /gcp/roleset/* path may be able to issue Google Cloud service account credentials.
Impacted Vendors
Reference Links
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-28-vaults-google-cloud-secrets-engine-policies-with-globs-may-provide-additional-privileges-in-vault-1-8-0-onwards/
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-28-vaults-google-cloud-secrets-engine-policies-with-globs-may-provide-additional-privileges-in-vault-1-8-0-onwards/
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity
[email protected]
Severity
HIGH
8.1
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:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity
[email protected]
Severity
MEDIUM
4.9
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)
Total: PatternsNo specific attack patterns mapped.
Likelihood
Severity
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CVE-2021-42135 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
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
CVSS Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Affected Stack
No specific products linked.