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CVE-2024-9180

Vault Operators in Root Namespace May Elevate Their Privileges

Published: Oct 10, 2024Updated: Dec 31, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-266
NVD MITRE
7.2CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 59.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

A privileged Vault operator with write permissions to the root namespace’s identity endpoint could escalate their own or another user’s privileges to Vault’s root policy. Fixed in Vault Community Edition 1.18.0 and Vault Enterprise 1.18.0, 1.17.7, 1.16.11, and 1.15.16.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:HUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:HPrivileges Required
High
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-266NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

openbaoopenbao
On-prem
Security Products / identity-access-mgmt
vaulthashicorp
SaaSSaaS Service
Cloud & SaaS
github.com/hashicorp/vaultGoOSS Libraries
github.com/openbao/openbaoGoOSS Libraries
РЕД ОСООО «Ред Софт»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
openbaooss-projectSecurity Products
hashicorpcommercialUSCloud & SaaSaka hashicorp inc.
gopackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries
ооо «ред софт»commercialRUOperating Systemsaka red soft
and 2 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2024-21-vault-operators-in-root-namespace-may-elevate-their-privileges/70565
discuss.hashicorp.com
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9180
nvd.nist.gov
https://github.com/hashicorp/vault
github.com
and 4 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Oct 10, 2024
Last Updated
Dec 31, 2025

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