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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
NVD MITRE
7.5CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 81.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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.

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

VaultHashiCorp
SaaSSaaS Service
Cloud & SaaS
Vault EnterpriseHashiCorp
SaaSSaaS Service
Cloud & SaaS
github.com/hashicorp/vaultGoOSS Libraries
github.com/openbao/openbaoGoOSS Libraries
vaulthashicorp
SaaSSaaS Service
Cloud & SaaS
hashicorpcommercialUSCloud & SaaSaka hashicorp inc.
gopackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries
and 4 more affected products View all →

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

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://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7594
nvd.nist.gov
https://github.com/openbao/openbao/pull/561
github.com
and 11 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Sep 26, 2024
Last Updated
Nov 13, 2025

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