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Authentication Bypass by Spoofing and Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity in Hashicorp Vault

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Aug 2, 2021 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Aug 29, 2023

Package

gomod github.com/hashicorp/vault (Go)

Affected versions

>= 1.5.0, < 1.5.1
>= 0.8.1, < 1.2.5
>= 1.3.0, < 1.3.8
>= 1.4.0, < 1.4.4

Patched versions

1.5.1
1.2.5
1.3.8
1.4.4

Description

HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise versions 0.7.1 and newer, when configured with the AWS IAM auth method, may be vulnerable to authentication bypass. Fixed in 1.2.5, 1.3.8, 1.4.4, and 1.5.1..

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Aug 26, 2020
Reviewed Jul 26, 2021
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Aug 2, 2021
Last updated Aug 29, 2023

Severity

High
8.2
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
High
Availability
None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

CVE ID

CVE-2020-16250

GHSA ID

GHSA-fp52-qw33-mfmw

Source code

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