01 Record
CVE-2021-45042
In HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise before 1.7.7, 1.8.x before 1.8.6, and 1.9.x before 1.9.1, clusters using the Integrated Storage backend allowed an authenticated user (with write permissions to
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
In HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise before 1.7.7, 1.8.x before 1.8.6, and 1.9.x before 1.9.1, clusters using the Integrated Storage backend allowed an authenticated user (with write permissions to
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
- 1.45% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 73.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 4.9 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- 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
- 2021-12-17 13:38Z4 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 04:32Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2021-12-13
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- baa1512cd05b64926cd229181905547f80447dca0cfc7b40c219682930982312
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.hashicorp.comhttps://www.hashicorp.com/blog/category/vault
- discuss.hashicorp.comhttps://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec2-21-33-vault-s-kv-secrets-engine-with-integrated-storage-exposed-to-authenticated-denial-of-service/33157
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202207-01https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202207-01