Authentication Bypass Affecting github.com/hashicorp/vault/vault package, versions >=0.8.3 <1.2.5 >=1.3.0 <1.3.8 >=1.4.0 <1.4.4 >=1.5.0 <1.5.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.36% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMHASHICORPVAULTVAULT-608842
  • published 27 Aug 2020
  • disclosed 27 Aug 2020
  • credit Felix Wilhelm

How to fix?

Upgrade github.com/hashicorp/vault/vault to version 1.2.5, 1.3.8, 1.4.4, 1.5.1 or higher.

Overview

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

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Authentication Bypass. When using the GCP GCE Auth Method, under certain circumstances, values Vault uses to validate GCE VMs can be manipulated and bypassed.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

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

8.2 high