What is GHSA-qv95-g3gm-x542?

GHSA-qv95-g3gm-x542 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Low severity. Hashicorp Vault Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-qv95-g3gm-x542 cover?

GHSA-qv95-g3gm-x542 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2021-41802. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-qv95-g3gm-x542?

GHSA-qv95-g3gm-x542 has a CVSS v3 base score of 2.9, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-qv95-g3gm-x542?

GHSA-qv95-g3gm-x542 affects 2 products, including: go/github.com/hashicorp/vault:\u003c 1.7.5; go/github.com/hashicorp/vault:\u003e= 1.8.0, \u003c 1.8.4.

GHSA-qv95-g3gm-x542LowCVSS 2.9

Hashicorp Vault Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

October 12, 2021

Last Modified

January 29, 2023

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

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.

🎯 Affected products2

go/github.com/hashicorp/vault:< 1.7.5
go/github.com/hashicorp/vault:>= 1.8.0, < 1.8.4

🔗 References (4)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41802
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-27-vault-merging-multiple-entity-aliases-for-the-same-mount-may-allow-privilege-escalation/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202207-01
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qv95-g3gm-x542