7.5

CVE-2021-3282: hashicorp vault Improper Authentication

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighModified
AliasesGHSA-rq95-xf66-j689BIT-vault-2021-3282GO-2024-2509
Published 01-02-2021Last modified 03-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-3282 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Improper Authentication vulnerability in hashicorp vault. EPSS estimates a 1.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.30%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 01-02-2021
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

HashiCorp Vault Enterprise 1.6.0 & 1.6.1 allowed the `remove-peer` raft operator command to be executed against DR secondaries without authentication. Fixed in 1.6.2.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.30%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

70%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.30% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.30%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Github.com/hashicorp1 product
  • vault≥ 1.6.0, < 1.6.2
Hashicorp1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

5 links