High severity · published Oct 10, 2024
CVE-2024-9180
A privileged Vault operator with write permissions to the root namespace’s identity endpoint could escalate their own or another user’s privileges to Vault’s root policy
7.2
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A privileged Vault operator with write permissions to the root namespace’s identity endpoint could escalate their own or another user’s privileges to Vault’s root policy. Fixed in Vault Community Edition 1.18.0 and Vault Enterprise 1.18.0, 1.17.7, 1.16.11, and 1.15.16.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 44% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OP
Openbao · Openbao
before 2.0.3 · source: NVD
VA
Vault · Hashicorp
1.7.7 through 1.17.7; 1.7.7 before 1.18.0; 1.15.0 before 1.15.16; 1.16.0 before 1.16.11 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9180
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-9180
Vendor Advisory
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2024-21-vault-operators-in-root-namespace-may-elevate-their-privileges/70565
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