CVE-2024-7594

High

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability—
ProductHashicorp Vault
PublishedSep 26, 2024
First seenSep 26, 2024
Weakness typeCWE-732CWE-732

How to fix

Update
  • hashicorp vault1.15.15, 1.17.6, 1.16.10 or later
  • openbao openbao2.0.2 or later
  • github.com/hashicorp/vault1.17.6 or later
  • github.com/openbao/openbao0.0.0-20241003222810-d5b4e9224698 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
hashicorp vault1.7.7 ≤ v < 1.15.15, 1.7.7 ≤ v < 1.17.6, 1.16.0 ≤ v < 1.16.10, 1.17.0 ≤ v < 1.17.61.15.15, 1.17.6, 1.16.10
openbao openbaov < 2.0.22.0.2
github.com/hashicorp/vaultGo1.7.7 ≤ v < 1.17.61.17.6
github.com/openbao/openbaoGo0.1.0 ≤ v, v < 0.0.0-20241003222810-d5b4e92246980.0.0-20241003222810-d5b4e9224698

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