CVE-2021-45042

moderate-risk
Published 2021-12-17

In HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise before 1.7.7, 1.8.x before 1.8.6, and 1.9.x before 1.9.1, clusters using the Integrated Storage backend allowed an authenticated user (with write permissions to a kv secrets engine) to cause a panic and denial of service of the storage backend. The earliest affected version is 1.4.0.

Do I need to act?

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0.43% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 4.9/10 Medium
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (4)

Affected Vendors

Hashicorp

References (6)

Vendor Advisory https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec2-21-33-vault-s-kv-secrets-engine-with-inte...
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202207-01
Product https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/category/vault
Vendor Advisory https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec2-21-33-vault-s-kv-secrets-engine-with-inte...
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202207-01
Product https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/category/vault
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moderate-risk
Severity 20/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 2/34 · Minimal
Exposure 10/34 · Low