CVE-2021-41802
2.9 LOWHashiCorp 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 a...
Published: 2021-10-08 · Last updated: 2026-06-17
Severity and scoring
- CVSS
- 2.9 LOW
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CWE
- CWE-732
Affected products
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| hashicorp | vault |
Description
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.
Source: NVD
References
- [NVD]https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41802
- [Vendor advisory]https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-27-vault-merging-multiple-entity-aliases-for-the-same-mount-may-allow-privilege-escalation/
- [Other]https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202207-01
- [Vendor advisory]https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-27-vault-merging-multiple-entity-aliases-for-the-same-mount-may-allow-privilege-escalation/
- [Other]https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202207-01
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