CVE-2021-45042
mediumpriority · track · 21EPSS 0.015 · 73 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
In HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise before 1.7.7, 1.8.x before 1.8.6, and 1.9.x before 1.9.1, clusters using the Integrated Storage backend allowed an authenticated user (with write permissions to a kv secrets engine) to cause a panic and denial of service of the storage backend. The earliest affected version is 1.4.0.
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affected products (7)
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- BIT-vault-2021-450422024-03-06vendor · osvUS
In HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise before 1.7.7, 1.8.x before 1.8.6, and 1.9.x before 1.9.1, clusters using the Integrated Storage backend allowed an authenticated user (with write permissions to a kv secrets engine) to cause a panic and denial of service of the storage backend. The earliest affected version is 1.4.0.
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references (11)
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- https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec2-21-33-vault-s-kv-secrets-engine-with-integrated-storage-exposed-to-authenticated-denial-of-service/33157cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-45042cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167910/Gentoo-Linux-Security-Advisory-202207-01.htmlcnnvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202207-01cnnvd
- https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/category/vaultcnnvd
- https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec2-21-33-vault-s-kv-secrets-engine-with-integrated-storage-exposed-to-authenticated-denial-of-service/33157enisa_euvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202207-01enisa_euvd
- https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/category/vaultenisa_euvd
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