High CVSS 8.1

Overview

Vault and Vault Enterprise (“Vault”) TLS certificate auth method did not correctly validate client certificates when configured with a non-CA certificate as trusted certificate. In this configuration, an attacker may be able to craft a malicious certificate that could be used to bypass authentication. Fixed in Vault 1.15.5 and 1.14.10.

Risk analysis

This vulnerability is rated 🟠 HIGH.

  • CVSS: 8.1 (HIGH)
  • Detected tags: unauth_access (tag impact: HIGH)

Recommended actions:

  • Enforce authentication/authorization; reduce default endpoint exposure.

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