Improper Authentication Affecting github.com/hashicorp/vault/vault package, versions <1.6.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.09% (39th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMHASHICORPVAULTVAULT-1066569
  • published 2 Feb 2021
  • disclosed 2 Feb 2021
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade github.com/hashicorp/vault/vault to version 1.6.2 or higher.

Overview

github.com/hashicorp/vault/vault is a tool for securely accessing secrets.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Authentication. It allowed the remove-peer raft operator command to be executed against DR secondaries without authentication.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
5.3 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    None
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NVD

7.5 high