CVE-2021-45042

Description

In HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise before 1.7.7, 1.8.x before 1.8.6, and 1.9.x before 1.9.1, clusters using the Integrated Storage backend allowed an authenticated user (with write permissions to a kv secrets engine) to cause a panic and denial of service of the storage backend. The earliest affected version is 1.4.0.

4.9

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 3.1 •

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.22%

Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory hashicorp.com Vendor Advisory hashicorp.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/category/vault	product vendor advisory
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec2-21-33-vault-s-kv-secrets-engine-with-integrated-storage-exposed-to-authenticated-denial-of-service/33157	vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202207-01	third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2021-45042?: CVE-2021-45042 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2021-45042?: To fix CVE-2021-45042, 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-2021-45042 being actively exploited in the wild?: As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2021-45042 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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