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Medium severity · published Sep 30, 2020
CVE-2020-25816
HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise versions 1.0 and newer allowed leases created with a batch token to outlive their TTL because expiration time was not scheduled correctly
6.8
CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise versions 1.0 and newer allowed leases created with a batch token to outlive their TTL because expiration time was not scheduled correctly. Fixed in 1.4.7 and 1.5.4.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.0% · higher than 63% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VA
Vault · Hashicorp
1.0.0 before 1.4.7; 1.0.0 before 1.4.7; 1.5.0 before 1.5.4; 1.5.0 before 1.5.4 · source: NVD
Affected product
VA
Vault
Hashicorp
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-25816
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25816
Release Notes
https://github.com/hashicorp/vault/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#154
Vendor Advisory
https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/category/vault
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