SCA: security update for github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-secrets-gcp (GHSA-75pc-qvwc-jf3g)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 411847

Description

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

- HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.4.0 and 1.4.1, when configured with the GCP Secrets Engine, may
incorrectly generate GCP Credentials with the default time-to-live lease duration instead of the engine-
configured setting. This may lead to generated GCP credentials being valid for longer than intended. Fixed
in 1.4.2. (CVE-2020-12757)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-75pc-qvwc-jf3g

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 411847

Version: Revision 1.5

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: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-12757

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/18/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/10/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-12757

cwe: CWE-20