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High severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 10, 2024· Updated Nov 8, 2024

Vault Operators in Root Namespace May Elevate Their Privileges

CVE-2024-9180

Description

A privileged Vault operator with write permissions to the root namespace’s identity endpoint could escalate their own or another user’s privileges to Vault’s root policy. Fixed in Vault Community Edition 1.18.0 and Vault Enterprise 1.18.0, 1.17.7, 1.16.11, and 1.15.16.

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Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

PackageAffected versionsPatched versions
github.com/hashicorp/vaultGo
< 1.18.01.18.0
github.com/openbao/openbaoGo
< 2.0.32.0.3

Affected products

13

Patches

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