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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| HashiCorp | Vault | 1.15.5 – < 1.16.0 | 1.16.0 |
| HashiCorp | Vault Enterprise | 1.15.5 – < 1.16.0 | 1.16.0 |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Wolfi
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolfi rolling | k3d +2 | 5.6.0-r11 | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/hashicorp/vault | >= 1.15.0, < 1.15.5 | 1.15.5 | GHSA-r3w7-mfpm-c2vw |
| Go | github.com/hashicorp/vault | < 1.14.10 | 1.14.10 | GHSA-r3w7-mfpm-c2vw |
| Go | github.com/hashicorp/vault | < 1.14.10 · >= 1.15.0, < 1.15.5 | 1.14.10, 1.15.5 | GO-2024-2617 |
Advisories 1
- WID-SEC-2024-0546 Hashicorp Vault: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Umgehen von Sicherheitsvorkehrungen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Mar 4, 2024