CVE-2021-42135
CVSS V2 Medium 4.9
CVSS V3 High 8.1
Description
HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.8.x through 1.8.4 may have an unexpected interaction between glob-related policies and the Google Cloud secrets engine. Users may, in some situations, have more privileges than intended, e.g., a user with read permission for the /gcp/roleset/* path may be able to issue Google Cloud service account credentials.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2021-42135
- Assigner
- cve@mitre.org
- Vulnerability Status
- Analyzed
- Published Version
- 2021-10-11T03:15:06
- Last Modified Date
- 2022-07-12T17:42:04
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* | 1 | OR | 1.8.0 | 1.8.4 |
| cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | 1 | OR | 1.8.0 | 1.8.4 |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
- Access Vector
- NETWORK
- Access Compatibility
- MEDIUM
- Authentication
- SINGLE
- Confidentiality Impact
- PARTIAL
- Integrity Impact
- PARTIAL
- Availability Impact
- NONE
- Base Score
- 4.9
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 6.8
- Impact Score
- 4.9
CVSS Version 3
- Version
- 3.1
- Vector String
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Attack Compatibility
- LOW
- Privileges Required
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact
- HIGH
- Availability Impact
- NONE
- Base Score
- 8.1
- Base Severity
- HIGH
- Exploitability Score
- 2.8
- Impact Score
- 5.2
References
| Reference URL | Reference Tags |
|---|---|
| https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-28-vaults-google-cloud-secrets-engine-policies-with-globs-may-provide-additional-privileges-in-vault-1-8-0-onwards/ | Vendor Advisory |
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-42135 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-42135 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 06:51:08 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-05 12:08:18 | 2021-10-11T03:15Z | 2021-10-11T03:15:06 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-05 12:08:18 | 2022-07-12T17:42:04 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-05 12:08:18 | Analyzed | Vulnerability Status | updated |