CVE-2021-27400
mediumpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.006 · 47 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise Cassandra integrations (storage backend and database secrets engine plugin) did not validate TLS certificates when connecting to Cassandra clusters. Fixed in 1.6.4 and 1.7.1
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5
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affected products (5)
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advisories (1)
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- BIT-vault-2021-274002024-03-06vendor · osvUS
HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise Cassandra integrations (storage backend and database secrets engine plugin) did not validate TLS certificates when connecting to Cassandra clusters. Fixed in 1.6.4 and 1.7.1
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references (5)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-27400cnnvd
- https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-10-vault-s-cassandra-integrations-did-not-validate-tls-certificates/23463cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-27400cnnvd
- https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-10-vault-s-cassandra-integrations-did-not-validate-tls-certificates/23463enisa_euvd
- https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-10-vault-s-cassandra-integrations-did-not-validate-tls-certificates/23463Vendor Advisorynvd
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