GHSA-jg74-mwgw-v6x3
GitHub Security Advisory
Vault SSH Secrets Engine Configuration Did Not Restrict Valid Principals By Default
✓ GitHub Reviewed
HIGH
Has CVE
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
Affected versions:
1.7.7
(fixed in 1.17.6)
Related CVEs
Key Information
7.5
/10
Dataset
Last updated: July 5, 2025 6:26 AM
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