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Improper Access Control

CVE-2020-25816

Medium
6.8/10

Summary

HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise versions 1.0 and newer allowed leases created with a batch token to outlive their TTL because the expiration time was not scheduled correctly. This vulnerability affects github.com/hashicorp/vault package versions 1.0.0-beta1 through 1.4.6 and 1.5.0-rc through 1.5.3.

  • HIGH
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • NONE

CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

Listed 5th in the 'OWASP Top Ten', improper (or broken) access control attacks are a fundamental type of vulnerability. This includes a broad range of design flaws that enable users to act outside of their intended permissions. They can use these privileges to gain access to restricted files and functionality such as accessing restricted information, falsifying records, destroying data, or executing commands.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published