{"id":"CVE-2021-41802","aliases":["BIT-vault-2021-41802","GHSA-qv95-g3gm-x542","GO-2022-0618"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2021-41802","summary":"Hashicorp Vault Privilege Escalation Vulnerability","details":"HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise through 1.7.4 and 1.8.3 allowed a user with write permission to an entity alias ID sharing a mount accessor with another user to acquire this other user’s policies by merging their identities. Fixed in Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.7.5 and 1.8.4.","published":"2021-10-08T17:15:07.853Z","modified":"2026-07-09T00:37:15.619520Z","cvss":{"score":5.4,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N"},"epss":null,"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":0,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/hashicorp/vault","fixedVersion":"1.7.5"},{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/hashicorp/vault","fixedVersion":"1.8.4"}],"fix":null,"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-27-vault-merging-multiple-entity-aliases-for-the-same-mount-may-allow-privilege-escalation/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202207-01"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-07-09T00:37:15.619520Z"}}