CVE-2024-9180

high

Description

A privileged Vault operator with write permissions to the root namespace’s identity endpoint could escalate their own or another user’s privileges to Vault’s root policy. Fixed in Vault Community Edition 1.18.0 and Vault Enterprise 1.18.0, 1.17.7, 1.16.11, and 1.15.16.

References

https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2024-21-vault-operators-in-root-namespace-may-elevate-their-privileges/70565

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-10-10

Updated: 2024-10-18

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 8.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H