Insecure Defaults Affecting github.com/hashicorp/vault/vault package, versions >=1.8.0 <1.8.5 <1.7.6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.07% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMHASHICORPVAULTVAULT-1932985
  • published 1 Dec 2021
  • disclosed 1 Dec 2021
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade github.com/hashicorp/vault/vault to version 1.8.5, 1.7.6 or higher.

Overview

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

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Insecure Defaults. Templated ACL policies would always match the first-created entity alias if multiple entity aliases existed for a specified entity and mount combination, potentially resulting in incorrect policy enforcement.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

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

6.5 medium