CVE-2021-43998

vault: incorrect policy enforcement

Published Nov 30, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS 1.0% KEV · Not listed
Description
HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise 0.11.0 up to 1.7.5 and 1.8.4 templated ACL policies would always match the first-created entity alias if multiple entity aliases exist for a specified entity and mount combination, potentially resulting in incorrect policy enforcement. Fixed in Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.7.6, 1.8.5, and 1.9.0.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-2560 HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise 0.11.0 up to 1.7.5 and 1.8.4 templated ACL policies would always match the first-created entity alias if multiple entity aliases exist for a specified entity and mount combination, potentially resulting in incorrect policy enforcement. Fixed in Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.7.6, 1.8.5, and 1.9.0.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-pfmw-vj74-ph8g HashiCorp Vault Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 4:10 AM
Reserved
Nov 17, 2021, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 30, 2021, 3:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 4:11 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Nov 18, 2021, 12:00 AM