CVE-2021-43998
HashiCorp Vault Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource in github.com/hashicorp/vault
9.1
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.26%
Description
HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise 0.11.0 up to 1.7.5 and 1.8.4 templated ACL policies would always match the first-created entity alias if multiple entity aliases exist for a specified entity and mount combination, potentially resulting in incorrect policy enforcement. Fixed in Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.7.6, 1.8.5, and 1.9.0.
How to fix CVE-2021-43998
To remediate CVE-2021-43998, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 1.7.6 or later
- —upgrade to 1.7.6 or later
- —upgrade to 1.7.6 or later
Is CVE-2021-43998 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- >= 0.11.0, < 1.7.6, >= 1.8.4, < 1.8.5
- >= 0.11.0, < 1.7.6
- >= 0.11.0, < 1.7.6, >= 1.8.0, < 1.8.5
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |