CVE-2024-9180
Vault Operators in Root Namespace May Elevate Their Privileges
7.2
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.30%
Description
A privileged Vault operator with write permissions to the root namespace’s identity endpoint could escalate their own or another user’s privileges to Vault’s root policy. Fixed in Vault Community Edition 1.18.0 and Vault Enterprise 1.18.0, 1.17.7, 1.16.11, and 1.15.16.
How to fix CVE-2024-9180
To remediate CVE-2024-9180, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 1.18.0 or later
- —upgrade to 1.18.0 or later
- —upgrade to 1.18.0 or later
- —upgrade to 2.0.3 or later
Is CVE-2024-9180 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (4)
- >= 1.7.7, < 1.18.0
- from 0, < 1.18.0
- from 0, < 1.18.0
- from 0, < 2.0.3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |