Incorrect Privilege Assignment in HashiCorp Vault in github.com/hashicorp/vault
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Affected versions
1.8.0 → fixed in 1.8.5
Details
Incorrect Privilege Assignment in HashiCorp Vault in github.com/hashicorp/vault
The fix
No fix commit could be resolved for this advisory (it may reference an issue tracker or a non-GitHub patch). See the references below.
References
- ADVISORYhttps://github.com/advisories/GHSA-362v-wg5p-64w2
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-42135
- WEBhttps://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-28-vaults-google-cloud-secrets-engine-policies-with-globs-may-provide-additional-privileges-in-vault-1-8-0-onwards
- WEBhttps://github.com/hashicorp/vault/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#180