CVE-2024-2048 HIGH

CVE-2024-2048: Vault Cert Auth Method Did Not Correctly Validate Non-CA Certificates

Vendor Hashicorp
Product Vault
Weakness CWE-295
Published March 4, 2024
Last update February 13, 2025
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CVSS base score

8.1/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Vault and Vault Enterprise (“Vault”) TLS certificate auth method did not correctly validate client certificates when configured with a non-CA certificate as trusted certificate. In this configuration, an attacker may be able to craft a malicious certificate that could be used to bypass authentication. Fixed in Vault 1.15.5 and 1.14.10.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

March 4, 2024 CVE published
February 13, 2025 Record updated