{"cve":"CVE-2024-9180","nvd":{"published":"2024-10-10T21:15:05.010","modified":"2026-06-17T08:24:05.773","status":"Analyzed","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_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.2},"cwes":["CWE-266"],"references":["https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2024-21-vault-operators-in-root-namespace-may-elevate-their-privileges/70565"],"products":["hashicorp:vault","openbao:openbao"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:55:31.737901711+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-9180","score":0.00525,"percentile":0.44515,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-rr8j-7w34-xp5j","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-rr8j-7w34-xp5j","summary":"Vault Community Edition privilege escalation vulnerability","modified":"2026-07-27T09:11:28.506959585Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/hashicorp/vault","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/hashicorp/vault","ranges":["<1.18.0"],"fixed":["1.18.0"]},{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/openbao/openbao","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/openbao/openbao","ranges":["<2.0.3"],"fixed":["2.0.3"]}]},{"id":"GO-2024-3191","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GO-2024-3191","summary":"Vault Community Edition privilege escalation vulnerability in github.com/hashicorp/vault","modified":"2026-07-27T09:11:28.506959585Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/hashicorp/vault","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/hashicorp/vault","ranges":["<1.18.0"],"fixed":["1.18.0"]}]}],"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."]}