CVE-2022-25243
lowpriority · track · 26EPSS 0.006 · 47 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
"Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.8.0 through 1.8.8, and 1.9.3 allowed the PKI secrets engine under certain configurations to issue wildcard certificates to authorized users for a specified domain, even if the PKI role policy attribute allow_subdomains is set to false. Fixed in Vault Enterprise 1.8.9 and 1.9.4.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.5–6.5
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affected products (5)
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advisories (1)
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- BIT-vault-2022-252432024-03-06vendor · osvUS
"Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.8.0 through 1.8.8, and 1.9.3 allowed the PKI secrets engine under certain configurations to issue wildcard certificates to authorized users for a specified domain, even if the PKI role policy attribute allow_subdomains is set to false. Fixed in Vault Enterprise 1.8.9 and 1.9.4.
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references (10)
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- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2022-25243/cnnvd
- https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2022-09-vault-pki-secrets-engine-policy-results-in-incorrect-wildcard-certificate-issuance/36600cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167910/Gentoo-Linux-Security-Advisory-202207-01.htmlcnnvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202207-01cnnvd
- https://discuss.hashicorp.comenisa_euvd
- https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2022-09-vault-pki-secrets-engine-policy-results-in-incorrect-wildcard-certificate-issuance/36600enisa_euvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202207-01enisa_euvd
- https://discuss.hashicorp.comVendor Advisorynvd
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