# CVE-2022-25243: "Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.8.0 through 1.8.8, and 1.9.3 allowed the PKI secrets engine under certain configurations to issue wildcard cer

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-03-07 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

"Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.8.0 through 1.8.8, and 1.9.3 allowed the PKI secrets engine under certain configurations to issue wildcard certificates to authorized users for a specified domain, even if the PKI role policy attribute allow_subdomains is set to false. Fixed in Vault Enterprise 1.8.9 and 1.9.4.

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## References

- https://discuss.hashicorp.com
- https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2022-09-vault-pki-secrets-engine-policy-results-in-incorrect-wildcard-certificate-issuance/36600
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202207-01

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