CVE-2020-35453: Medium severity hashicorp vault vulnerability

Published Dec 17, 2020
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Updated

HashiCorp Vault Enterprise’s Sentinel EGP policy feature incorrectly allowed requests to be processed in parent and sibling namespaces. Fixed in 1.5.6 and 1.6.1.

Affected Software

4 affected components
HashiCorp Vault>=1.5.0<1.5.6
HashiCorp Vault>=1.5.0<1.5.6
HashiCorp Vault>=1.6.0<1.6.1
HashiCorp Vault>=1.6.0<1.6.1

Event History

Dec 17, 2020
CVE Published
via MITRE·04:22 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·04:22 AM
Description

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the vulnerability ID of this issue?

The vulnerability ID of this issue is CVE-2020-35453.

2

What is the severity level of CVE-2020-35453?

The severity level of CVE-2020-35453 is medium (5.3).

3

What is affected by CVE-2020-35453?

HashiCorp Vault versions 1.5.0 to 1.5.6 and 1.6.0 to 1.6.1, both open source and enterprise editions, are affected by CVE-2020-35453.

4

How can I fix CVE-2020-35453?

To fix CVE-2020-35453, update your HashiCorp Vault installation to version 1.5.6 or 1.6.1.

5

Where can I find more information about CVE-2020-35453?

You can find more information about CVE-2020-35453 on the official HashiCorp Vault GitHub repository and the HashiCorp discussion forum.

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