Vault Cert Auth Method Did Not Correctly Validate Non-CA Certificates
Priority HIGH 76CWE-295Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Spoofing
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 1 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-295.
Summary
Vault and Vault Enterprise (“Vault”) TLS certificate auth method did not correctly validate client certificates when configured with a non-CA certificate as trusted certificate. In this configuration, an attacker may be able to craft a malicious certificate that could be used to bypass authentication. Fixed in Vault 1.15.5 and 1.14.10.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00451 39th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Vault (HashiCorp): 1.16.0Vault Enterprise (HashiCorp): 1.16.0+1 more productRed Hat: 1 without a fix
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
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 | 1.15.5 to before 1.16.0 | 1.16.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| HashiCorp | Vault Enterprise | 1.15.5 to before 1.16.0 | 1.16.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | github.com/hashicorp/vault (Go) | 1.15.0 to before 1.15.5 | 1.15.5 | Patch available | GHSA-r3w7-mfpm-c2vw |
| — | github.com/hashicorp/vault (Go) | before 1.14.10 | 1.14.10 | Patch available | GHSA-r3w7-mfpm-c2vw |
- Vault VendorHashiCorp Affected 1.15.5 to before 1.16.0 Fixed in 1.16.0 Patch available CNA
- Vault Enterprise VendorHashiCorp Affected 1.15.5 to before 1.16.0 Fixed in 1.16.0 Patch available CNA
- github.com/hashicorp/vault (Go) Vendor— Affected 1.15.0 to before 1.15.5 Fixed in 1.15.5 Patch available GHSA-r3w7-mfpm-c2vw
- github.com/hashicorp/vault (Go) Vendor— Affected before 1.14.10 Fixed in 1.14.10 Patch available GHSA-r3w7-mfpm-c2vw
CPE configurations NVD · 5
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* | before 1.14.10 | Vulnerable | HashiCorp |
| cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | before 1.14.10 | Vulnerable | HashiCorp |
| cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* | 1.15.0 to before 1.15.5 | Vulnerable | HashiCorp |
| cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | 1.15.0 to before 1.15.5 | Vulnerable | HashiCorp |
| cpe:2.3:a:openbao:openbao:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 2.0.0 | Vulnerable | openbao |
- cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* Versions before 1.14.10 Vulnerable ·HashiCorp
- cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* Versions before 1.14.10 Vulnerable ·HashiCorp
- cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* Versions 1.15.0 to before 1.15.5 Vulnerable ·HashiCorp
- cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* Versions 1.15.0 to before 1.15.5 Vulnerable ·HashiCorp
- cpe:2.3:a:openbao:openbao:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.0.0 Vulnerable ·openbao
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Vault (HashiCorp) Fixed in 1.16.0
- Fix · CNA Vault Enterprise (HashiCorp) Fixed in 1.16.0
- Fix · GHSA-r3w7-mfpm-c2vw github.com/hashicorp/vault (Go) Fixed in 1.15.5 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-r3w7-mfpm-c2vw github.com/hashicorp/vault (Go) Fixed in 1.14.10 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
Not affected: 3 products
- Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4
- Red Hat Trusted Application Pipeline
- Red Hat Trusted Artifact Signer
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-2048
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-r3w7-mfpm-c2vw
References
Advisory 3
More HashiCorp Vault vulnerabilities
- 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
- TI-2022-16551 HashiCorp Vault Enterprise 1.7.0 through 1.9.7, 1.10.4, and 1.11.0 clusters using… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
Sources
- CVE-2024-2048 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-2048 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-r3w7-mfpm-c2vw · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2024-2048 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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