CVE-2022-40186
criticalpriority · track · 36EPSS 0.010 · 63 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
An issue was discovered in HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise before 1.11.3. A vulnerability in the Identity Engine was found where, in a deployment where an entity has multiple mount accessors with shared alias names, Vault may overwrite metadata to the wrong alias due to an issue with checking the proper alias assigned to an entity. This may allow for unintended access to key/value paths using that metadata in Vault.
remediations
Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.
A vendor fix is available.
- Fixedodf4/rook-ceph-rhel8-operator@sha256:0b5c88cc500485c0cad5b271ca832c2e46627047e4fe2f0c01ebfa0b161700b5_s390x as a component of RHODF 4.11 for RHEL 8redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2023 - Fixedodf4/rook-ceph-rhel8-operator@sha256:31f0ee81d1ac4e98baa7da2a16348e4dd2d30bddf31ff874fa90f9b5a49c5bba_ppc64le as a component of RHODF 4.11 for RHEL 8redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2023 - Fixedodf4/rook-ceph-rhel8-operator@sha256:a694abecc595d40399b3333db95ccf570107b213a30da9e572f1ac430ce8400b_amd64 as a component of RHODF 4.11 for RHEL 8redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2023 - Fixedodf4/rook-ceph-rhel9-operator@sha256:0b5c88cc500485c0cad5b271ca832c2e46627047e4fe2f0c01ebfa0b161700b5_s390x as a component of RHODF 4.11 for RHEL 8redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2023 - Fixedodf4/rook-ceph-rhel9-operator@sha256:31f0ee81d1ac4e98baa7da2a16348e4dd2d30bddf31ff874fa90f9b5a49c5bba_ppc64le as a component of RHODF 4.11 for RHEL 8redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2023 - Fixedodf4/rook-ceph-rhel9-operator@sha256:a694abecc595d40399b3333db95ccf570107b213a30da9e572f1ac430ce8400b_amd64 as a component of RHODF 4.11 for RHEL 8redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2023
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 · 8.3–9.1
ssvc
A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.
weaknesses
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affected products (123)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
advisories (5)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- RHSA-2023:2023Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation 4.11.7 Bug Fix and security update2023-04-26csaf · redhat_csafUS
Updated images that fix several bugs are now available for Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation 4.11.7 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 from Red Hat Container Registry. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
- WID-SEC-W-2022-1485Hashicorp Vault: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Offenlegung von InformationenDeutsch2022-09-20csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Hashicorp Vault ausnutzen, um Informationen offenzulegen.
- GHSA-7cgv-v83v-rr87HashiCorp Vault vulnerable to incorrect metadata access2022-09-23ghsa · osvUS
An issue was discovered in HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise before 1.11.3. A vulnerability in the Identity Engine was found where, in a deployment where an entity has multiple mount accessors with shared alias names, Vault may overwrite metadata to the wrong alias due to an issue with checking the proper alias assigned to an entity. This may allow for unintended access to key/value paths using that metadata in Vault.
- BIT-vault-2022-401862024-03-06vendor · osvUS
An issue was discovered in HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise before 1.11.3. A vulnerability in the Identity Engine was found where, in a deployment where an entity has multiple mount accessors with shared alias names, Vault may overwrite metadata to the wrong alias due to an issue with checking the proper alias assigned to an entity. This may allow for unintended access to key/value paths using that metadata in Vault.
- GO-2022-1021HashiCorp Vault vulnerable to incorrect metadata access in github.com/hashicorp/vault2024-08-21vendor · osvUS
HashiCorp Vault vulnerable to incorrect metadata access in github.com/hashicorp/vault
also known as (7)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
- CNNVD-202209-2277cnnvd
- EUVD-2022-6730enisa_euvd
- BDU:2025-04009fstec_bdu
- GHSA-7cgv-v83v-rr87enisa_euvd
- BIT-vault-2022-40186osv
- GHSA-7cgv-v83v-rr87osv
- GO-2022-1021osv
sources
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references (10)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2022-40186/cnnvd
- https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2022-18-vault-entity-alias-metadata-may-leak-between-aliases-with-the-same-name-assigned-to-the-same-entity/44550cnnvd
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221111-0008/cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2023.2395cnnvd
- https://discuss.hashicorp.comenisa_euvd
- https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2022-18-vault-entity-alias-metadata-may-leak-between-aliases-with-the-same-name-assigned-to-the-same-entity/44550enisa_euvd
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221111-0008/enisa_euvd
- https://discuss.hashicorp.comVendor Advisorynvd
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