CVE-2021-41802

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.

Category

2.9
CVSS
Severity: Low
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.16%
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-2021-27-vault-merging-multiple-entity-aliases-for-the-same-mount-may-allow-privilege-escalation/ vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202207-01 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2021-41802?
CVE-2021-41802 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2021-41802?
To fix CVE-2021-41802, 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-2021-41802 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2021-41802 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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