Hashicorp Vault Enterprise up to 1.5.3 Access Control privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Hashicorp Vault Enterprise up to 1.5.3. It has been classified as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Access Control. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2020-25816. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Hashicorp Vault Enterprise up to 1.5.3. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Access Control. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.0 before 1.5.4 have Incorrect Access Control.

The weakness was published 09/30/2020 (GitHub Repository). The advisory is shared at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-25816 since 09/23/2020. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 1.5.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2022-2522). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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NVD Base Score: 9.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Vault Enterprise 1.5.4

Timelineinfo

09/23/2020 🔍
09/30/2020 +7 days 🔍
10/01/2020 +1 days 🔍
01/17/2026 +1934 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: github.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2020-25816 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-25816
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-162125
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Entryinfo

Created: 10/01/2020 09:52
Updated: 01/17/2026 13:04
Changes: 10/01/2020 09:52 (38), 10/01/2020 09:57 (3), 11/14/2020 09:33 (5), 11/15/2020 09:29 (1), 11/15/2020 09:33 (14), 01/17/2026 13:04 (19)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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