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01 Record

CVE-2021-27400

HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise Cassandra integrations (storage backend and database secrets engine plugin) did not validate TLS certificates when connecting to Cassandra clusters. Fixed in 1.6.4

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

02 Description

HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise Cassandra integrations (storage backend and database secrets engine plugin) did not validate TLS certificates when connecting to Cassandra clusters. Fixed in 1.6.4

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
0.56% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 46.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2021-04-22 16:48Z5 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-03 20:48Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2021-02-19
Assigning CNA
mitre
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
  • CWE-295Improper Certificate ValidationBase
Data version
5.1
Document digest
0590c9e08193dc300c58c389c46f1311205edf8a52902ce60c283f0a903055b2

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
hashicorpvaultNot specified—
redhatacmNot specified—
redhatloggingNot specified—
redhatopenshiftNot specified—
redhatopenshift_container_storageNot specified—
redhatopenshift_data_foundationNot specified—
redhatservice_meshNot specified—

06 References

07 Fixed in

Arch Linux

  • vault
    Fixed in 1.7.1-2

Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

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