Privilege Escalation Affecting github.com/hashicorp/vault/vault package, versions >=0.11.0 <1.3.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.18% (56th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMHASHICORPVAULTVAULT-560940
  • published 23 Mar 2020
  • disclosed 23 Mar 2020
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade github.com/hashicorp/vault/vault to version 1.3.3 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. May, under certain circumstances, have existing nested-path policies grant access to Namespaces created after-the-fact.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
5.4 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)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    None
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NVD

9.1 critical