Vault May Expose Sensitive Information When Configuring An Audit Log Device
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-532.
Summary
Vault and Vault Enterprise (“Vault”) may expose sensitive information when enabling an audit device which specifies the `log_raw` option, which may log sensitive information to other audit devices, regardless of whether they are configured to use `log_raw`.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HashiCorp | Vault | 1.15.0 – 1.15.4 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| HashiCorp | Vault Enterprise | 1.15.0 – 1.15.4 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | github.com/hashicorp/vault (Go) | 1.15.0 to before 1.15.5 | 1.15.5 | Patch available | GHSA-vgh3-mwxq-rcp8 |
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-vgh3-mwxq-rcp8 github.com/hashicorp/vault (Go) Fixed in 1.15.5 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 7 products
- Custom Metric Autoscaler operator for Red Hat Openshift
- OpenShift Pipelines
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Red Hat OpenShift Data Science (RHODS)
- Red Hat Openshift Container Storage 4
- Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4
- cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-0831
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vgh3-mwxq-rcp8
References
Advisory 2
More HashiCorp Vault vulnerabilities
- 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
Sources
- CVE-2024-0831 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-0831 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vgh3-mwxq-rcp8 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2024-0831 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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