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


0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.18% (55th percentile)
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NVD
9.1 critical

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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.