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CVE-2024-7594

HIGH
Published 2024-09-26T19:52:55.652Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
7.5
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.001
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.1% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.274
Higher than 27.4% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
Not Available
Attack Complexity
Not Available
Privileges Required
Not Available
User Interaction
Not Available
Scope
Not Available

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
Not Available
Integrity
Not Available
Availability
Not Available

Description

Vault’s SSH secrets engine did not require the valid_principals list to contain a value by default. If the valid_principals and default_user fields of the SSH secrets engine configuration are not set, an SSH certificate requested by an authorized user to Vault’s SSH secrets engine could be used to authenticate as any user on the host. Fixed in Vault Community Edition 1.17.6, and in Vault Enterprise 1.17.6, 1.16.10, and 1.15.15.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

HashiCorp

Vault

Affected Versions:

1.7.7
HashiCorp

Vault Enterprise

Affected Versions:

1.7.7
hashicorp

vault_enterprise

Affected Versions:

1.7.7 1.16.9 1.15.14
hashicorp

vault_community_edition

Affected Versions:

1.7.7

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

✓ GitHub Reviewed HIGH

Vault SSH Secrets Engine Configuration Did Not Restrict Valid Principals By Default

GHSA-jg74-mwgw-v6x3

Advisory Details

Vault’s SSH secrets engine did not require the valid_principals list to contain a value by default. If the valid_principals and default_user fields of the SSH secrets engine configuration are not set, an SSH certificate requested by an authorized user to Vault’s SSH secrets engine could be used to authenticate as any user on the host. Fixed in Vault Community Edition 1.17.6, and in Vault Enterprise 1.17.6, 1.16.10, and 1.15.15.

Affected Packages

Go github.com/hashicorp/vault
ECOSYSTEM: ≥1.7.7 <1.17.6

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7594
WEB https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2024-20-vault-ssh-secrets-engine-configuration-did-not-restrict-valid-principals-by-default/70251
PACKAGE https://github.com/hashicorp/vault
WEB https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2024-3162
WEB https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250110-0007

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: September 26, 2024, Modified: January 10, 2025

References

https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2024-20-vault-ssh-secrets-engine-configuration-did-not-restrict-valid-principals-by-default/70251
Published: 2024-09-26T19:52:55.652Z
Last Modified: 2025-01-10T13:06:49.543Z
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