High severity · published Jun 3, 2021
CVE-2021-32923
HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise allowed the renewal of nearly-expired token leases and dynamic secret leases (specifically, those within 1 second of their maximum TTL), which…
7.4
CVSS
1.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise allowed the renewal of nearly-expired token leases and dynamic secret leases (specifically, those within 1 second of their maximum TTL), which caused them to be incorrectly treated as non-expiring during subsequent use. Fixed in 1.5.9, 1.6.5, and 1.7.2.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.4% · higher than 72% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VA
Vault · Hashicorp
0.10.0 before 1.5.9; 0.10.0 before 1.5.9; 1.6.0 before 1.6.5; 1.6.0 before 1.6.5; 1.7.0 before 1.7.2; 1.7.0 before 1.7.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-32923
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-32923
Vendor Advisory
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-15-vault-renewed-nearly-expired-leases-with-incorrect-non-expiring-ttls/24603
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202207-01
Product
https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/category/vault/
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