{"cve":"CVE-2021-42135","nvd":{"published":"2021-10-11T03:15:06.760","modified":"2026-06-17T04:09:24.413","status":"Modified","description":"HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.8.x through 1.8.4 may have an unexpected interaction between glob-related policies and the Google Cloud secrets engine. Users may, in some situations, have more privileges than intended, e.g., a user with read permission for the /gcp/roleset/* path may be able to issue Google Cloud service account credentials.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","score":8.1},"cwes":["CWE-269"],"references":["https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-28-vaults-google-cloud-secrets-engine-policies-with-globs-may-provide-additional-privileges-in-vault-1-8-0-onwards/","https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-28-vaults-google-cloud-secrets-engine-policies-with-globs-may-provide-additional-privileges-in-vault-1-8-0-onwards/"],"products":["hashicorp:vault"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:23:41.316049955+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2021-42135","score":0.0078,"percentile":0.55948,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-362v-wg5p-64w2","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-362v-wg5p-64w2","summary":"Incorrect Privilege Assignment in HashiCorp Vault","modified":"2024-08-21T15:27:04.097392Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/hashicorp/vault","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/hashicorp/vault","ranges":[">=1.8.0 <=1.8.4"],"fixed":[]}]},{"id":"GO-2022-0578","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GO-2022-0578","summary":"Incorrect Privilege Assignment in HashiCorp Vault in github.com/hashicorp/vault","modified":"2026-03-03T04:50:34.525614Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/hashicorp/vault","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/hashicorp/vault","ranges":[">=1.8.0 <1.8.5"],"fixed":["1.8.5"]}]}],"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."]}