Critical severity · published Mar 4, 2024
CVE-2024-2048
Vault and Vault Enterprise (“Vault”) TLS certificate auth method did not correctly validate client certificates when configured with a non-CA certificate as trusted certificate
9.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Vault and Vault Enterprise (“Vault”) TLS certificate auth method did not correctly validate client certificates when configured with a non-CA certificate as trusted certificate. In this configuration, an attacker may be able to craft a malicious certificate that could be used to bypass authentication. Fixed in Vault 1.15.5 and 1.14.10.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 39% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OP
Openbao · Openbao
before 2.0.0 · source: NVD
VA
Vault · Hashicorp
before 1.14.10; before 1.14.10; 1.15.0 before 1.15.5; 1.15.0 before 1.15.5 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-2048
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-2048
Vendor Advisory
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2024-05-vault-cert-auth-method-did-not-correctly-validate-non-ca-certificates/63382
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240524-0009/
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