CVE-2021-38554
5.3 MEDIUMHashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise’s UI erroneously cached and exposed user-viewed secrets between sessions in a single shared browser
Published: 2021-08-13 · Last updated: 2026-06-17
Severity and scoring
- CVSS
- 5.3 MEDIUM
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CWE
- CWE-212
Affected products
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| hashicorp | vault |
Description
HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise’s UI erroneously cached and exposed user-viewed secrets between sessions in a single shared browser. Fixed in 1.8.0 and pending 1.7.4 / 1.6.6 releases.
Source: NVD
References
- [NVD]https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38554
- [Vendor advisory]https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-19-vault-s-ui-cached-user-viewed-secrets-between-shared-browser-sessions/28166
- [Other]https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202207-01
- [Vendor advisory]https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-19-vault-s-ui-cached-user-viewed-secrets-between-shared-browser-sessions/28166
- [Other]https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202207-01
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