GHSA-6239-28c2-9mrm

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    GHSA-6239-28c2-9mrm

    Published: 30 Aug 2021Last Modified: 10 Sept 2026

    Summary: Improper Removal of Sensitive Information Before Storage or Transfer in HashiCorp Vault

    Details: HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise’s UI erroneously cached and exposed user-viewed secrets between sessions in a single shared browser. Fixed in 1.8.0 and pending 1.7.4 / 1.6.6 releases.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38554, https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-19-vault-s-ui-cached-user-viewed-secrets-between-shared-browser-sessions/28166, https://github.com/hashicorp/vault, https://github.com/hashicorp/vault/releases/tag/v1.6.6, https://github.com/hashicorp/vault/releases/tag/v1.7.4, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202207-01

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: github.com/hashicorp/vault

    Purl: pkg:golang/github.com/hashicorp/vault

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.6.6

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    GHSA-6239-28c2-9mrm | CVE-DB