9.1
CRITICAL
CVE-2022-40186
HashiCorp Vault Mount Accessor Alias Overwrite Vulnerability
Description

An issue was discovered in HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise before 1.11.3. A vulnerability in the Identity Engine was found where, in a deployment where an entity has multiple mount accessors with shared alias names, Vault may overwrite metadata to the wrong alias due to an issue with checking the proper alias assigned to an entity. This may allow for unintended access to key/value paths using that metadata in Vault.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 22, 2022, 1:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Jan. 20, 2023, 1:20 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.2

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2022-40186 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Hashicorp vault
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2022-40186.

URL Resource
https://discuss.hashicorp.com Vendor Advisory
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2022-18-vault-entity-alias-metadata-may-leak-between-aliases-with-the-same-name-assigned-to-the-same-entity/44550 Vendor Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221111-0008/ Third Party Advisory

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2022-40186 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2022-40186 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 20, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221111-0008/ No Types Assigned https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221111-0008/ Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 14, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221111-0008/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 26, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://discuss.hashicorp.com No Types Assigned https://discuss.hashicorp.com Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2022-18-vault-entity-alias-metadata-may-leak-between-aliases-with-the-same-name-assigned-to-the-same-entity/44550 No Types Assigned https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2022-18-vault-entity-alias-metadata-may-leak-between-aliases-with-the-same-name-assigned-to-the-same-entity/44550 Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST NVD-CWE-noinfo
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.8.0 up to (excluding) 1.9.9 *cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.8.0 up to (excluding) 1.9.9 *cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.10.0 up to (excluding) 1.10.6 *cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.10.0 up to (excluding) 1.10.6 *cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.11.0 up to (excluding) 1.11.3 *cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.11.0 up to (excluding) 1.11.3
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.14 }} 0.00%

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0.48858

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