Low CVSS 2.6

Overview

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

Risk analysis

This vulnerability is rated 🟢 LOW.

  • CVSS: 2.6 (LOW)
  • Detected tags: jwt (tag impact: LOW)

Recommended actions:

  • Use strong algorithms (HS256/RS256), rotate secrets, short expiries.

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