Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU50970

Improper Authentication in Vault Enterprise - CVE-2021-3282

Published: February 26, 2021

Vulnerability identifier: #VU50970

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3282

CWE-ID: CWE-287

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass authentication process.

The vulnerability exists due to the application allows the `remove-peer` raft operator command to be executed against DR secondaries without authentication.

Affected software

Vault Enterprise
Gentoo Linux

How to mitigate CVE-2021-3282

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vault Enterprise - update to 1.6.2

External References

https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-04-vault-enterprise-s-dr-secondaries-allowed-raft-peer-removal-without-authentication/20337

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