{"cve":"CVE-2021-41802","nvd":{"published":"2021-10-08T17:15:07.853","modified":"2026-06-17T04:08:56.433","status":"Modified","description":"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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N","score":5.4},"cwes":["CWE-732"],"references":["https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-27-vault-merging-multiple-entity-aliases-for-the-same-mount-may-allow-privilege-escalation/","https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202207-01","https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-27-vault-merging-multiple-entity-aliases-for-the-same-mount-may-allow-privilege-escalation/","https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202207-01"],"products":["hashicorp:vault"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:23:41.316049955+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2021-41802","score":0.00609,"percentile":0.49157,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-qv95-g3gm-x542","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-qv95-g3gm-x542","summary":"Hashicorp Vault Privilege Escalation Vulnerability","modified":"2026-09-10T03:49:09.473784231Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/hashicorp/vault","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/hashicorp/vault","ranges":["<1.7.5"],"fixed":["1.7.5"]},{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/hashicorp/vault","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/hashicorp/vault","ranges":[">=1.8.0 <1.8.4"],"fixed":["1.8.4"]}]},{"id":"GO-2022-0618","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GO-2022-0618","summary":"Hashicorp Vault Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in github.com/hashicorp/vault","modified":"2026-02-04T03:05:42.149111Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/hashicorp/vault","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/hashicorp/vault","ranges":["<1.7.5",">=1.8.0 <1.8.4"],"fixed":["1.7.5","1.8.4"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}