CVE-2021-41802
MEDIUM
5.4
CVSS Score
Published: October 8, 2021 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:08 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorVault
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Severity
MEDIUM5.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
Description
HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise through 1.7.4 and 1.8.3 allowed a user with write permission to an entity alias ID sharing a mount accessor with another user to acquire this other user’s policies by merging their identities. Fixed in Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.7.5 and 1.8.4.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 1.7.51.8.0 ≤ v < 1.8.4
Affected range stops below 1.7.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 1.8.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (2)
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-27-vault-merging-multiple-entity-aliases-for-the-same-mount-may-allow-privilege-escalation/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202207-01CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- LOW
- Integrity
- LOW
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-732
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