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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
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 81.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

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.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:HPR:LUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
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
Go
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

Official Patch Available
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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Privilege Escalation
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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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