CVSS 3.1
7.2 highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2024-9180
High (7.2). EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in github.com/hashicorp/vault 1.18.0.
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.
Severity
- EPSS
- 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 44% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-266
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- hashicorp:vault
- openbao:openbao
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-rr8j-7w34-xp5j | Go | github.com/hashicorp/vault | <1.18.0 | 1.18.0 |
| GHSA-rr8j-7w34-xp5j | Go | github.com/openbao/openbao | <2.0.3 | 2.0.3 |
| GO-2024-3191 | Go | github.com/hashicorp/vault | <1.18.0 | 1.18.0 |