CVE-2021-41802

mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.006 · 49 %ileEUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.61% (49th) EPSS
CVSS 5.5 · medium
Is it mine?
7 products
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Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · osv · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise through 1.7.4 and 1.8.3 allowed a user with write permission to an entity alias ID sharing a mount accessor with another user to acquire this other user’s policies by merging their identities. Fixed in Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.7.5 and 1.8.4.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.5
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 2.9–5.5

v2.05.5mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8 · impact 4.9
v3.15.4mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 2.5
v3.12.9lowCVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:A/A:N/C:L/I:N/PR:H/S:C/UI:Rsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.12.9lowCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:Nsecondary · cve@mitre.org USexploitability 1.2 · impact 1.4
v3.12.9lowCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:Nsecondary · OSV
v3.15mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-732USprimaryCWE-269USCWE-732US
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affected products (7)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (3)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • GHSA-qv95-g3gm-x542Hashicorp Vault Privilege Escalation Vulnerability2021-10-12ghsa · osvUS

    HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise through 1.7.4 and 1.8.3 allowed a user with write permission to an entity alias ID sharing a mount accessor with another user to acquire this other user’s policies by merging their identities. Fixed in Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.7.5 and 1.8.4.

  • BIT-vault-2021-418022024-03-06vendor · osvUS

    HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise through 1.7.4 and 1.8.3 allowed a user with write permission to an entity alias ID sharing a mount accessor with another user to acquire this other user’s policies by merging their identities. Fixed in Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.7.5 and 1.8.4.

  • GO-2022-0618Hashicorp Vault Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in github.com/hashicorp/vault2024-08-21vendor · osvUS

    Hashicorp Vault Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in github.com/hashicorp/vault

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also known as (6)

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sources

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cnnvdenisa_euvdosvnvdNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2021-10-08modified 2026-06-17
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references (8)

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