Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Vault and Vault Enterprise - CVE-2020-10660
Published: March 30, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU26458
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-10660
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: HashiCorp
Affected software:
Vault
Vault Enterprise
Vault
Vault Enterprise
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to, under certain circumstances, an Entity's Group membership inadvertently includes Groups the Entity no longer has permissions to. A remote authenticated attacker can gain elevated privileges on the target system.
How to mitigate CVE-2020-10660
Install updates from vendor's website.