Critical severity · published Mar 23, 2020
CVE-2020-10661
HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise versions 0.11.0 through 1.3.3 may, under certain circumstances, have existing nested-path policies grant access to Namespaces created…
9.1
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise versions 0.11.0 through 1.3.3 may, under certain circumstances, have existing nested-path policies grant access to Namespaces created after-the-fact. Fixed in 1.3.4.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 66% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VA
Vault · Hashicorp
0.11.0 through 1.3.3; 0.11.0 through 1.3.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10661
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-10661
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/hashicorp/vault/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#134-march-19th-2020
Vendor Advisory
https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/category/vault/
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