CVE-2024-7594

Vault SSH Secrets Engine Configuration Did Not Restrict Valid Principals By Default

Published: Sep 26, 2024Updated: Nov 13, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-732

7.5HIGH

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAttack Vector

Network

AC:HAttack Complexity

High

PR:LPrivileges Required

Low

UI:NUser Interaction

None

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:HConfidentiality

High

I:HIntegrity

High

A:HAvailability

High

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Weaknesses

CWE-732

Affected Products

HashiCorp

commercial·USaka hashicorp inc.

VaultSaaSSaaS Service

Cloud & SaaS

Vault EnterpriseSaaSSaaS Service

Cloud & SaaS

package-ecosystem

github.com/hashicorp/vault

OSS Libraries

github.com/openbao/openbao

OSS Libraries

Novell Inc.

commercial·US

openSUSE TumbleweedOn-prem

Operating Systems / linux-distro

ООО «Ред Софт»

commercial·RUaka red soft

РЕД ОСOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

Red Hat Inc.

commercial·USaka red hat

Red Hat Openshift Container StorageOn-prem

Operating Systems / linux-distro

openbao

oss-project

openbaoOn-prem

Security Products / identity-access-mgmt

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Exploitability

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1 technique

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References

https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2024-20-vault-ssh-secrets-engine-configuration-did-not-restrict-valid-principals-by-default/70251

discuss.hashicorp.com

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250110-0007/

security.netapp.com

https://redos.red-soft.ru/support/secure/uyazvimosti/uyazvimost-vault-cve-2024-7594/?sphrase_id=1076696

redos.red-soft.ru

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