Improper Authentication in Vault Enterprise - CVE-2021-3282

 

Improper Authentication in Vault Enterprise - CVE-2021-3282

Published: February 26, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU50970
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3282
CWE-ID: CWE-287
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: HashiCorp
Affected software:
Vault Enterprise

Detailed vulnerability description

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.


How to mitigate CVE-2021-3282

Install updates from vendor's website.

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