GHSA-fp52-qw33-mfmw

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    GHSA-fp52-qw33-mfmw

    Published: 2 Aug 2021Last Modified: 10 Sept 2026

    Summary: Authentication Bypass by Spoofing and Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity in Hashicorp Vault

    Details: HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise versions 0.7.1 and newer, when configured with the AWS IAM auth method, may be vulnerable to authentication bypass. Fixed in 1.2.5, 1.3.8, 1.4.4, and 1.5.1..

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16250, https://github.com/hashicorp/vault, https://github.com/hashicorp/vault/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#151, https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/category/vault, http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159478/Hashicorp-Vault-AWS-IAM-Integration-Authentication-Bypass.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: github.com/hashicorp/vault

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 0.8.1
    Fixed -1.2.5

    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
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