CVE-2020-12757
highpriority · track · 40EPSS 0.016 · 75 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.4.0 and 1.4.1, when configured with the GCP Secrets Engine, may incorrectly generate GCP Credentials with the default time-to-live lease duration instead of the engine-configured setting. This may lead to generated GCP credentials being valid for longer than intended. Fixed in 1.4.2.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8
weaknesses
The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.
affected products (4)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- Go github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-secrets-gcp< 0.6.2osvUSpkg:golang/github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-secrets-gcp
advisories (3)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- GHSA-75pc-qvwc-jf3gImproper Input Validation in HashiCorp Vault2021-05-18ghsa · osvUS
HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.4.x before 1.4.2 in Go package github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-secrets-gcp/plugin has Incorrect Access Control.
- BIT-vault-2020-127572024-03-06vendor · osvUS
HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.4.0 and 1.4.1, when configured with the GCP Secrets Engine, may incorrectly generate GCP Credentials with the default time-to-live lease duration instead of the engine-configured setting. This may lead to generated GCP credentials being valid for longer than intended. Fixed in 1.4.2.
- GO-2022-0804Improper Input Validation in HashiCorp Vault in github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-secrets-gcp2024-08-21vendor · osvUS
Improper Input Validation in HashiCorp Vault in github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-secrets-gcp
also known as (6)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
- CNNVD-202006-868cnnvd
- EUVD-2021-0986enisa_euvd
- GHSA-75pc-qvwc-jf3genisa_euvd
- BIT-vault-2020-12757osv
- GHSA-75pc-qvwc-jf3gosv
- GO-2022-0804osv
sources
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references (8)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://github.com/hashicorp/vault/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#142-may-21st-2020cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12757cnnvd
- https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/category/vault/cnnvd
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-a-security-vulnerability-in-vault-affects-bastion-service-of-ibm-cloud-pak-for-multicloud-management-2/cnnvd
- https://github.com/hashicorp/vault/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#142-may-21st-2020enisa_euvd
- https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/category/vault/enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/hashicorp/vault/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#142-may-21st-2020Release NotesVendor Advisorynvd
- https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/category/vault/Vendor Advisorynvd
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