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CVE-2021-32923: HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise allowed the renewal of nearly-expired token leases and dynamic secret leases (specifically, those…

HighCVSS 7.4 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 29/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.3% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 72.4% of all records.
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
  • Fixed version: n/a n/a 1.5.9.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to n/a n/a 1.5.9 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise allowed the renewal of nearly-expired token leases and dynamic secret leases (specifically, those within 1 second of their maximum TTL), which caused them to be incorrectly treated as non-expiring during subsequent use. Fixed in 1.5.9, 1.6.5, and 1.7.2.

Published
Jun 3, 2021
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
1.3% · 72th percentile

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Action score

29

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
29 / 40 · 7.4 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 1.3%

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
hashicorpvault

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • hashicorp vault0.10.0 and later · before 1.5.9
  • hashicorp vault1.6.0 and later · before 1.6.5
  • hashicorp vault1.7.0 and later · before 1.7.2

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Alpine:v3.13vaultfrom 0.10.0 · before 1.5.9-r01.5.9-r0
Alpine:v3.14vaultfrom 0.10.0 · before 1.7.2-r01.7.2-r0
Gogithub.com/hashicorp/vaultfrom 0.10.0 · before 1.5.91.5.9
Gogithub.com/hashicorp/vaultfrom 1.6.0 · before 1.6.51.6.5
Gogithub.com/hashicorp/vaultfrom 1.7.0 · before 1.7.21.7.2

Same product

hashicorp: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2020-35192The official vault docker images before 0.11.6 contain a blank password for a root user.
    40Plan
  • CVE-2024-2048Vault Cert Auth Method Did Not Correctly Validate Non-CA Certificates
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2020-12757HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.4.0 and 1.4.1, when configured with the GCP Secrets Engine, may incorrectly generate GCP Credentials…
    39Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2021-27400Apr 22, 2021 · HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise Cassandra integrations (storage backend and database secrets engine plugin) did not validate TLS…
    30Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2021-29653Apr 22, 2021 · HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.5.1 and newer, under certain circumstances, may exclude revoked but unexpired certificates from the…
    30Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2021-38553Aug 13, 2021 · HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.4.0 through 1.7.3 initialized an underlying database file associated with the Integrated Storage…
    17Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
n/a n/a1.5.9 · descriptionVendor (CNA)
alpine:vault1.5.9-r0 · Alpine:v3.13Package registry (OSV)
Go:github.com/hashicorp/vault1.5.9Package registry (OSV)
Go:github.com/hashicorp/vault1.6.5Package registry (OSV)
Go:github.com/hashicorp/vault1.7.2Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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No dated events beyond publication.

Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · patch commit or PR link · researcher credit · variant or chain candidate · public bounty program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
none
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-613 · Insufficient Session Expiration

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

nvd-primary

Attack context

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References

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