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CVE-2021-38554
Improper Removal of Sensitive Information Before Storage or Transfer in HashiCorp Vault
Impact
HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise’s UI erroneously cached and exposed user-viewed secrets between sessions in a single shared browser. Fixed in 1.8.0 and pending 1.7.4 / 1.6.6 releases.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| go | github.com/hashicorp/vault | < 1.6.6 | 1.6.6 |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Hashicorp | Vault | before 1.8.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- GitHub advisory
- https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-19-vault-s-ui-cached-user-viewed-secrets-between-shared-browser-sessions/28166
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202207-01
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6239-28c2-9mrm
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38554
- https://github.com/hashicorp/vault/releases/tag/v1.6.6
- https://github.com/hashicorp/vault/releases/tag/v1.7.4