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CVE-2021-41802

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Last updated

NVD

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41802

Severity

5.4

Medium

CVSS V3

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.

References

  • https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41802
  • https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qv95-g3gm-x542
  • https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2022-0618
  • 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

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