CVE-2024-9180

Oct. 18, 2024, 8:15 p.m.

CVSS Score

7.2 / 10

Products Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
hashicorp
  • vault
  • *

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.

Weaknesses

CWE-266
Incorrect Privilege Assignment

A product incorrectly assigns a privilege to a particular actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

CWE ID: 266

Date

Published: Oct. 10, 2024, 9:15 p.m.

Last Modified: Oct. 18, 2024, 8:15 p.m.

Status : Modified

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

security@hashicorp.com

CPEs

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a hashicorp vault / / / / enterprise / / /
a hashicorp vault / / / / - / / /
a hashicorp vault / / / / enterprise / / /
a hashicorp vault / / / / enterprise / / /

CVSS Data

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

HIGH

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score
7.2
Exploitability Score
1.2
Impact Score
5.9
Base Severity
HIGH
CVSS Vector String

The CVSS vector string provides an in-depth view of the vulnerability metrics.

View Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References