Improper Certificate Validation in Vault and Vault Enterprise - CVE-2024-2660

 

Improper Certificate Validation in Vault and Vault Enterprise - CVE-2024-2660

Published: April 5, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU88186
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-2660
CWE-ID: CWE-295
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Vault
Vault Enterprise
Software vendor:
HashiCorp

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass authentication.

The vulnerability exists due to the TLS certificates auth method does not correctly validate OCSP responses when one or more OCSP sources were configured. A remote attacker can successfully authenticate via Vault’s TLS certificate authentication method with incorrect certificate status information.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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