2.6
LOW
CVE-2024-5798
HashiCorp Vault JWT Role-Bound Audience Claim Validation Bypass
Description

Vault and Vault Enterprise did not properly validate the JSON Web Token (JWT) role-bound audience claim when using the Vault JWT auth method. This may have resulted in Vault validating a JWT the audience and role-bound claims do not match, allowing an invalid login to succeed when it should have been rejected. This vulnerability, CVE-2024-5798, was fixed in Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.17.0, 1.16.3, and 1.15.9

INFO

Published Date :

June 12, 2024, 7:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 9:48 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

1.4

Exploitability Score :

1.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-5798 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

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URL Resource
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2024-11-vault-incorrectly-validated-json-web-tokens-jwt-audience-claims/67770
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2024-11-vault-incorrectly-validated-json-web-tokens-jwt-audience-claims/67770

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  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2024-11-vault-incorrectly-validated-json-web-tokens-jwt-audience-claims/67770
  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Jun. 12, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description Vault and Vault Enterprise did not properly validate the JSON Web Token (JWT) role-bound audience claim when using the Vault JWT auth method. This may have resulted in Vault validating a JWT the audience and role-bound claims do not match, allowing an invalid login to succeed when it should have been rejected. This vulnerability, CVE-2024-5798, was fixed in Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.17.0, 1.16.3, and 1.15.9
    Added Reference HashiCorp Inc. https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2024-11-vault-incorrectly-validated-json-web-tokens-jwt-audience-claims/67770 [No types assigned]
    Added CWE HashiCorp Inc. CWE-285
    Added CVSS V3.1 HashiCorp Inc. AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
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