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SCA: security update for github.com/hashicorp/vault (GHSA-qv95-g3gm-x542)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 418328

Description

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

 - HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise through 1.7.4 and 1.8.3 allowed a user with write permission to an
 entity alias ID sharing a mount accessor with another user to acquire this other user’s policies by
 merging their identities. Fixed in Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.7.5 and 1.8.4. (CVE-2021-41802)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qv95-g3gm-x542

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 418328

Version: Revision 1.7

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: Low

Score: 2.1

Percentile: 6.91

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Low

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-41802

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/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: 10/12/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/8/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-41802