CVE-2021-32923

Description

HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise allowed the renewal of nearly-expired token leases and dynamic secret leases (specifically, those within 1 second of their maximum TTL), which caused them to be incorrectly treated as non-expiring during subsequent use. Fixed in 1.5.9, 1.6.5, and 1.7.2.

Category

7.4
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.07% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory hashicorp.com Vendor Advisory hashicorp.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/category/vault/ product vendor advisory
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-15-vault-renewed-nearly-expired-leases-with-incorrect-non-expiring-ttls/24603 vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202207-01 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2021-32923?
CVE-2021-32923 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2021-32923?
To fix CVE-2021-32923, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2021-32923 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2021-32923 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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