Privilege Escalation Affecting github.com/hashicorp/vault/vault package, versions >=0.9.0 <1.3.4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.09% (40th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMHASHICORPVAULTVAULT-560939
  • published 23 Mar 2020
  • disclosed 23 Mar 2020
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade github.com/hashicorp/vault/vault to version 1.3.4 or higher.

Overview

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

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Privilege Escalation. Under certain circumstances, an Entity's Group membership inadvertently includes Groups the Entity no longer has permissions to.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

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

5.3 medium