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CVE-2024-9180

HIGH
Published 2024-10-10T20:54:57.084Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
7.2
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.002
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.2% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.423
Higher than 42.3% 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

A privileged Vault operator with write permissions to the root namespace’s identity endpoint could escalate their own or another user’s privileges to Vault’s root policy. Fixed in Vault Community Edition 1.18.0 and Vault Enterprise 1.18.0, 1.17.7, 1.16.11, and 1.15.16.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

HashiCorp

Vault

Affected Versions:

0.10.4
HashiCorp

Vault Enterprise

Affected Versions:

0.10.4
hashicorp

vault

Affected Versions:

0.10.4
hashicorp

vault

Affected Versions:

0.10.4 1.17.7 1.16.11 1.15.16

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

✓ GitHub Reviewed HIGH

Vault Community Edition privilege escalation vulnerability

GHSA-rr8j-7w34-xp5j

Advisory Details

A privileged Vault operator with write permissions to the root namespace’s identity endpoint could escalate their privileges to Vault’s root policy. Fixed in Vault Community Edition 1.18.0 and Vault Enterprise 1.18.0, 1.17.7, 1.16.11, and 1.15.16

Affected Packages

Go github.com/hashicorp/vault
ECOSYSTEM: ≥0 <1.18.0

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Vector

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

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9180
WEB https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2024-21-vault-operators-in-root-namespace-may-elevate-their-privileges/70565
PACKAGE https://github.com/hashicorp/vault
WEB https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2024-3191

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: October 10, 2024, Modified: October 18, 2024

References

https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2024-21-vault-operators-in-root-namespace-may-elevate-their-privileges/70565
Published: 2024-10-10T20:54:57.084Z
Last Modified: 2024-11-08T22:27:31.042Z
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