SB2021121734 - Denial of service in HashiCorp Vault
Published: December 17, 2021 Updated: August 4, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2021121734
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-45042)
The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions in clusters using the Integrated Storage backend. A remote user with write permissions to a kv secrets engine can cause a panic and denial of service of the storage backend.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.