SCA: security update for github.com/hashicorp/vault (GHSA-38j9-7pp9-2hjw)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 409404

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise allowed the renewal of nearly-expired token leases and dynamic secret
leases (specifically, those within 1 second of their maximum TTL), which caused them to be incorrectly
treated as non-expiring during subsequent use. Fixed in 1.5.9, 1.6.5, and 1.7.2. (CVE-2021-32923)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-38j9-7pp9-2hjw

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 409404

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.06

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-32923

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.4

Temporal Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/8/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/3/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-32923

cwe: CWE-613