7.4

CVE-2021-32923: hashicorp vault Insufficient Session Expiration

CVSS: 7.4v3.1HighModified
AliasesCGA-2542-846j-cqgcCGA-37j5-8c2h-7j69CGA-c6j8-v629-rrmh
Published 03-06-2021Last modified 03-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-32923 is a high (CVSS 7.4) Insufficient Session Expiration vulnerability in hashicorp vault. EPSS estimates a 1.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 71.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.4/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.38%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 0 · Related 2

Timeline

  1. 03-06-2021
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise allowed the renewal of nearly-expired token leases and dynamic secret leases (specifically, those within 1 second of their maximum TTL), which caused them to be incorrectly treated as non-expiring during subsequent use. Fixed in 1.5.9, 1.6.5, and 1.7.2.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.38%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

72%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.38% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
1.38%

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

Chainguard3 products
  • k3d< 5.6.0-r11
  • k3d-proxy< 5.6.0-r11
  • k3d-tools< 5.6.0-r11
Wolfi3 products
  • k3d< 5.6.0-r11
  • k3d-proxy< 5.6.0-r11
  • k3d-tools< 5.6.0-r11
Github.com/hashicorp1 product
  • vault≥ 1.6.0, < 1.6.5 | ≥ 0.10.0, < 1.5.9 | ≥ 1.7.0, < 1.7.2
Hashicorp1 product
  • vault≥ 0.10.0, < 1.5.9 | ≥ 1.6.0, < 1.6.5 | ≥ 1.7.0, < 1.7.2

4 vendors · 8 products

References

6 links