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SCA: security update for github.com/hashicorp/vault (GHSA-4mp7-2m29-gqxf)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 410289

Description

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

 - HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise versions 0.8.3 and newer, when configured with the GCP GCE auth
 method, may be vulnerable to authentication bypass. Fixed in 1.2.5, 1.3.8, 1.4.4, and 1.5.1.
 (CVE-2020-16251)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4mp7-2m29-gqxf

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 410289

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 8/20/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.5

Percentile: 51.91

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-16251

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/31/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/26/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-16251

cwe: CWE-287