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Incorrect TLS certificate auth method in Vault

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Mar 4, 2024 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Mar 14, 2024

Package

gomod github.com/hashicorp/vault (Go)

Affected versions

>= 1.15.0, < 1.15.5
< 1.14.10

Patched versions

1.15.5
1.14.10

Description

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.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Mar 4, 2024
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Mar 4, 2024
Reviewed Mar 6, 2024
Last updated Mar 14, 2024

Severity

High
8.1
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2024-2048

GHSA ID

GHSA-r3w7-mfpm-c2vw

Source code

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