CVE-2022-41316 HashiCorp Vault's revocation list not respected

Medium 5.3 Published Updated

Attackers can bypass certificate revocation checks in HashiCorp Vault if CRLs are not loaded at startup, allowing revoked certificates to remain valid.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2022-41316?

CVE-2022-41316 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hashicorp Vault, published on 12 Oct 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise’s TLS certificate auth method did not initially load the optionally configured CRL issued by the role's CA into memory on startup, resulting in the revocation list not being checked if the CRL has not yet been retrieved. Fixed in 1.12.0, 1.11.4, 1.10.7, and 1.9.10.

Weakness: CWE-295

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-41316?

8 open source packages ship an affected version, including github.com/hashicorp/vault and vault. It affects 1 product.

PackageAffectedFixed in
github.com/hashicorp/vault GoAll versions1.9.10, 1.10.7, 1.11.4
github.com/hashicorp/vault GoAll versions1.9.10
github.com/hashicorp/vault GoAll versions1.9.10
github.com/hashicorp/vault GoFrom 1.10.01.10.7
github.com/hashicorp/vault GoFrom 1.10.01.10.7
github.com/hashicorp/vault GoFrom 1.11.01.11.4
2 more packages
github.com/hashicorp/vault GoFrom 1.11.01.11.4
vault BitnamiAll versions1.9.10, 1.10.7, 1.11.4

Products include Hashicorp Vault.

How do I fix CVE-2022-41316?

Upgrade github.com/hashicorp/vault to a fixed version for your release line: 1.9.10, 1.10.7 or 1.11.4.

Is CVE-2022-41316 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-41316 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Hashicorp Vault vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as BIT-vault-2022-41316, GHSA-9mh8-9j64-443f, GO-2023-1897.

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