CVE-2024-7594 Vault SSH Secrets Engine Configuration Did Not Restrict Valid Principals By Default

What is CVE-2024-7594?

CVE-2024-7594 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Hashicorp Vault, published on 26 Sep 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-732

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-7594?

9 open source packages ship an affected version, including github.com/hashicorp/vault, openbao and vault. It affects 2 products.

Products include Hashicorp Vault, Openbao Openbao.

How do I fix CVE-2024-7594?

Upgrade github.com/hashicorp/vault to 1.17.6 or later.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2024-7594 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-7594 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Hashicorp Vault

• CVE-2020-35192 Hardcoded credentials in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-12757 Improper Input Validation in HashiCorp Vault Critical 9.8
• CVE-2025-6000 Arbitrary Remote Code Execution via Plugin Catalog Abuse Critical 9.1
• CVE-2022-40186 HashiCorp Vault vulnerable to incorrect metadata access Critical 9.1
• CVE-2022-36129 Missing authorization in n/a Critical 9.1

All Hashicorp Vault vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as BIT-openbao-2024-7594, BIT-vault-2024-7594, GHSA-jg74-mwgw-v6x3, GO-2024-3162.