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Authentication Bypass by Spoofing and Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity in Hashicorp Vault

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Aug 2, 2021 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Aug 29, 2023

Package

gomod github.com/hashicorp/vault (Go)

Affected versions

>= 1.5.0, < 1.5.1
>= 0.8.1, < 1.2.5
>= 1.3.0, < 1.3.8
>= 1.4.0, < 1.4.4

Patched versions

1.5.1
1.2.5
1.3.8
1.4.4

Description

HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise versions 0.7.1 and newer, when configured with the AWS IAM auth method, may be vulnerable to authentication bypass. Fixed in 1.2.5, 1.3.8, 1.4.4, and 1.5.1..

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Aug 26, 2020
Reviewed Jul 26, 2021
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Aug 2, 2021
Last updated Aug 29, 2023

Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
High
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

EPSS score

0.295%
(70th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2020-16250

GHSA ID

GHSA-fp52-qw33-mfmw

Source code

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