HashiCorp Vault/Vault Enterprise up to 1.11.2 Identity Engine access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise up to 1.11.2. This affects an unknown part of the component Identity Engine. Executing a manipulation can lead to access control. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-40186. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise up to 1.11.2. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality of the component Identity Engine. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An issue was discovered in HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise before 1.11.3. A vulnerability in the Identity Engine was found where, in a deployment where an entity has multiple mount accessors with shared alias names, Vault may overwrite metadata to the wrong alias due to an issue with checking the proper alias assigned to an entity. This may allow for unintended access to key/value paths using that metadata in Vault.

The weakness was released 09/22/2022. The advisory is available at discuss.hashicorp.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2022-40186 since 09/08/2022. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 1.11.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.2

VulDB Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
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/Vault Enterprise 1.11.3

Timelineinfo

09/08/2022 🔍
09/22/2022 +14 days 🔍
09/22/2022 +0 days 🔍
05/28/2025 +978 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: discuss.hashicorp.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-40186 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-40186
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-209266

Entryinfo

Created: 09/22/2022 07:48
Updated: 05/28/2025 00:15
Changes: 09/22/2022 07:48 (40), 10/22/2022 08:37 (11), 05/28/2025 00:15 (15)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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