#VU98425 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Vault and Vault Enterprise - CVE-2024-9180

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#VU98425 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Vault and Vault Enterprise - CVE-2024-9180

Published: October 12, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU98425
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-9180
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Vault
Vault Enterprise
Software vendor:
HashiCorp

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to escalate privileges within the application.

The vulnerability exists due to the mishandling of entries in Vault’s in-memory entity cache. A remote privileged Vault operator can manipulate their cached entity record through the identity API endpoint on a Vault node, potentially escalating their privileges to Vault’s root policy on this node.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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