CVE-2021-41802: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

October 12, 2021 (updated October 20, 2021)

HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise through 1.7.4 and 1.8.3 allowed a user with write permission to an entity alias ID sharing a mount accessor with another user to acquire this other user’s policies by merging their identities. Fixed in Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.7.5 and 1.8.4.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-qv95-g3gm-x542
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41802

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