What is GHSA-pfmw-vj74-ph8g?

GHSA-pfmw-vj74-ph8g is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Critical severity. HashiCorp Vault Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-pfmw-vj74-ph8g cover?

GHSA-pfmw-vj74-ph8g covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2021-43998. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-pfmw-vj74-ph8g?

GHSA-pfmw-vj74-ph8g has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.1, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-pfmw-vj74-ph8g?

GHSA-pfmw-vj74-ph8g affects 2 products, including: go/github.com/hashicorp/vault:\u003e= 1.8.0, \u003c 1.8.5; go/github.com/hashicorp/vault:\u003e= 0.11.0, \u003c 1.7.6.

GHSA-pfmw-vj74-ph8gCriticalCVSS 9.1

HashiCorp Vault Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

December 2, 2021

Last Modified

January 27, 2023

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2021-43998 →

📋 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.

🎯 Affected products2

go/github.com/hashicorp/vault:>= 1.8.0, < 1.8.5
go/github.com/hashicorp/vault:>= 0.11.0, < 1.7.6

🔗 References (4)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-43998
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-30-vaults-templated-acl-policies-matched-first-created-alias-per-entity-and-auth-backend/32132
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202207-01
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pfmw-vj74-ph8g