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CVE-2021-36230

high

Description

HashiCorp Terraform Enterprise releases up to v202106-1 did not properly perform authorization checks on a subset of API requests executed using the run token, allowing privilege escalation to organization owner. Fixed in v202107-1.

References

https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/category/terraform/

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2021-22850

https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-18-terraform-enterprise-allowed-privilege-escalation-via-run-token/27070

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-07-20

Updated: 2026-06-17

Named Vulnerability: GHSA-6cgg-f8v8-8rxw

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00954