CVE-2024-7594

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

26/09/2024

Last modified:

13/11/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.50 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

7.50

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:::::enterprise:::*	1.7.7 (including)	1.15.15 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:::::-:::*	1.7.7 (including)	1.17.6 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:::::enterprise:::*	1.16.0 (including)	1.16.10 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:::::enterprise:::*	1.17.0 (including)	1.17.6 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:openbao:openbao::::::::		2.0.2 (excluding)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2024-7594

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools