CVE-2021-41802

vault: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

Published Oct 8, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 2.9 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-2251 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-qv95-g3gm-x542 Hashicorp Vault Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 3:22 AM
Reserved
Sep 29, 2021, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 8, 2021, 5:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 4:08 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Oct 8, 2021, 12:00 AM