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TI-2021-18643 Aliases CVE-2021-42135GHSA-362v-wg5p-64w2

HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.8.x through 1.8.4 may have an unexpected…

Priority LOW 37CWE-269Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Privilege escalation, Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-269 and CWE-863.

Summary

HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.8.x through 1.8.4 may have an unexpected interaction between glob-related policies and the Google Cloud secrets engine. Users may, in some situations, have more privileges than intended, e.g., a user with read permission for the /gcp/roleset/* path may be able to issue Google Cloud service account credentials.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0078 56th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
—github.com/hashicorp/vault (Go)1.8.0 – 1.8.4—No fix listedGHSA-362v-wg5p-64w2
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • github.com/hashicorp/vault (Go) Vendor— Affected 1.8.0 – 1.8.4 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-362v-wg5p-64w2

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*1.8.0 – 1.8.4VulnerableHashiCorp
cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*1.8.0 – 1.8.4VulnerableHashiCorp
  • cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* Versions 1.8.0 – 1.8.4 Vulnerable ·HashiCorp
  • cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* Versions 1.8.0 – 1.8.4 Vulnerable ·HashiCorp

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 4 products
  • Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
  • Red Hat Openshift Container Storage 4
  • Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-42135
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-362v-wg5p-64w2

References

Advisory 2

Other 3

  • TI-2024-01904 Vault Cert Auth Method Did Not Correctly Validate Non-CA Certificates CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-19053 An issue was discovered in HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise before 1.11.3. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2020-17874 The official vault docker images before 0.11.6 contain a blank password for a root user. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2020-10142 HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.4.0 and 1.4.1, when configured with the GCP… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-04407 Vault Vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in ACME Challenge Validation via Attacker-Controlled DNS CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
  • TI-2025-05421 Arbitrary Remote Code Execution via Plugin Catalog Abuse CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
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Sources

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