SCA: security update for github.com/hashicorp/vault (GHSA-pfmw-vj74-ph8g)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 417484

Description

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

- HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise 0.11.0 up to 1.7.5 and 1.8.4 templated ACL policies would always
match the first-created entity alias if multiple entity aliases exist for a specified entity and mount
combination, potentially resulting in incorrect policy enforcement. Fixed in Vault and Vault Enterprise
1.7.6, 1.8.5, and 1.9.0. (CVE-2021-43998)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pfmw-vj74-ph8g

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 417484

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: 4.3

Percentile: 53.04

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

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-2021-43998

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/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: 12/2/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/30/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-43998

cwe: CWE-732