#VU26457 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Vault and Vault Enterprise - CVE-2020-10661
Published: March 30, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU26457
Vulnerability risk: High
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-10661
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Vault
Vault Enterprise
Vault
Vault Enterprise
Software vendor:
HashiCorp
HashiCorp
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to the affected software may have existing nested-path policies grant access to Namespaces created after-the-fact. A remote attacker can gain elevated privileges on the target system.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.