Hashicorp Vault/Vault Enterprise up to 1.2.4/1.3.7/1.4.3/1.5.0 AWS IAM improper authentication

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Hashicorp Vault and Vault Enterprise up to 1.2.4/1.3.7/1.4.3/1.5.0 and classified as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component AWS IAM Handler. The manipulation leads to improper authentication. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2020-16250. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability was found in Hashicorp Vault and Vault Enterprise up to 1.2.4/1.3.7/1.4.3/1.5.0. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown part of the component AWS IAM Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise versions 0.7.1 and newer, when configured with the AWS IAM auth method, may be vulnerable to authentication bypass. Fixed in 1.2.5, 1.3.8, 1.4.4, and 1.5.1..

The weakness was shared 08/26/2020. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-16250 since 07/31/2020. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 1.2.5, 1.3.8, 1.4.4 or 1.5.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The entry VDB-160290 is related to this item. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Vendor

• Hashicorp

Name

• Vault
• Vault Enterprise

Version

• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.2.0
• 1.2.1
• 1.2.2
• 1.2.3
• 1.2.4
• 1.3
• 1.3.0
• 1.3.1
• 1.3.2
• 1.3.3
• 1.3.4
• 1.3.5
• 1.3.6
• 1.3.7
• 1.4
• 1.4.0
• 1.4.1
• 1.4.2
• 1.4.3
• 1.5.0

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• open-source

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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