CVE-2020-10660 HashiCorp Vault Improper Privilege Management
Attackers can retain unauthorized group memberships in HashiCorp Vault, leading to privilege escalation and security bypass.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2020-10660?
CVE-2020-10660 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Hashicorp Vault, published on 23 Mar 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise versions 0.9.0 through 1.3.3 may, under certain circumstances, have an Entity's Group membership inadvertently include Groups the Entity no longer has permissions to. Fixed in 1.3.4.
Weakness: CWE-276
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-10660?
4 open source packages ship an affected version, including github.com/hashicorp/vault and vault. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
github.com/hashicorp/vault Go | From 0.9.0 | 1.3.4 |
github.com/hashicorp/vault Go | From 0.9.0 | 1.3.4 |
github.com/hashicorp/vault Go | From 0.9.0 | 1.3.4 |
vault Bitnami | From 0.9.0 | 1.3.4 |
Products include Hashicorp Vault.
How do I fix CVE-2020-10660?
Upgrade github.com/hashicorp/vault to 1.3.4 or later.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2020-10660 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-10660 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Hashicorp Vault
Sources
Also known as BIT-vault-2020-10660, GHSA-m979-w9wj-qfj9, GO-2024-2486.