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    CVE-2021-42135

    HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.8.x through 1.8.4 may have an unexpected interaction between glob-related policies and the Google Cloud secrets engine. Users may, in some situations, have more privileges than intended, e.g., a user with read permission for the /gcp/roleset/* path may be able to issue Google Cloud service account credentials.

    Published:Oct 11, 2021
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Oct 11, 2021
    EPSS Score:0.00245
    CVSS Score:8.1

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Hashicorp
    Product
    Vault

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    Integrity
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