6.5

CVE-2021-43998: hashicorp vault

CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesGHSA-pfmw-vj74-ph8gBIT-vault-2021-43998GO-2022-0611
Published 30-11-2021Last modified 04-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-43998 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability in hashicorp vault. EPSS estimates a 1.04% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 63.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.04%
0%100%
Low · +0.03 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 30-11-2021
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise 0.11.0 up to 1.7.5 and 1.8.4 templated ACL policies would always match the first-created entity alias if multiple entity aliases exist for a specified entity and mount combination, potentially resulting in incorrect policy enforcement. Fixed in Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.7.6, 1.8.5, and 1.9.0.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.04%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

63%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.03 pp

From 1.01% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.04%

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≥ 0.11.0, < 1.7.6 | ≥ 1.8.0, < 1.8.5
Hashicorp1 product
  • vault≥ 0.11.0, ≤ 1.7.5 | 1.8.4

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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