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CVE-2024-9180GHSA-RR8J-7W34-XP5JBIT-OPENBAO-2024-9180BIT-VAULT-2024-9180GO-2024-3191

Vault Operators in Root Namespace May Elevate Their Privileges

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 1.18.0, 1.15.16, 2.0.3
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: total

Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • HashiCorp Vault

    From 0.10.4 · fixed in 1.18.0

  • HashiCorp Vault Enterprise

    From 0.10.4 · fixed in 1.15.16

  • github.com/hashicorp/vaultGo

    fixed in 1.18.0

  • github.com/openbao/openbaoGo

    fixed in 2.0.3

References 1

discuss.hashicorp.com