6.8

CVE-2021-45042: hashicorp vault

CVSS: 6.8v2.0MediumModified
Published 17-12-2021Last modified 04-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-45042 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability in hashicorp vault. EPSS estimates a 1.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
27/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.8/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.45%
0%100%
Low · +0.05 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 17-12-2021
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise before 1.7.7, 1.8.x before 1.8.6, and 1.9.x before 1.9.1, clusters using the Integrated Storage backend allowed an authenticated user (with write permissions to a kv secrets engine) to cause a panic and denial of service of the storage backend. The earliest affected version is 1.4.0.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 1 source · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.45%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

73%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.05 pp

From 1.41% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.45%

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

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Hashicorp1 product
  • vaultEOL≥ 1.4.0, < 1.7.7 | ≥ 1.8.0, < 1.8.6 | 1.9.0

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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