CVE-2021-38554

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.

Category

5.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.63%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory hashicorp.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-19-vault-s-ui-cached-user-viewed-secrets-between-shared-browser-sessions/28166 vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202207-01 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2021-38554?
CVE-2021-38554 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2021-38554?
To fix CVE-2021-38554, 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-2021-38554 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2021-38554 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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