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CVE-2020-16251

Improper Authentication

Published: Aug 26, 2020 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
8.2
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
8.2 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
Ubuntu
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16251
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/287.html

HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise versions 0.8.3 and newer, when configured with the GCP GCE auth method, may be vulnerable to authentication bypass. Fixed in 1.2.5, 1.3.8, 1.4.4, and 1.5.1.

Weakness

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
VaultHashicorp0.8.3 (including)1.2.5 (excluding)
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13RedHatopenshift4/bare-metal-event-relay-operator-bundle:v4.13.0-39*
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13RedHatopenshift4/bare-metal-event-relay-rhel8-operator:v4.13.0-42*
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13RedHatopenshift4/baremetal-hardware-event-proxy-rhel8:v4.13.0-21*
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13RedHatopenshift4/topology-aware-lifecycle-manager-operator-bundle:v4.13.0-70*
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13RedHatopenshift4/topology-aware-lifecycle-manager-precache-rhel8:v4.13.0-45*
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13RedHatopenshift4/topology-aware-lifecycle-manager-recovery-rhel8:v4.13.0-43*
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13RedHatopenshift4/topology-aware-lifecycle-manager-rhel8-operator:v4.13.0-70*
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13RedHatopenshift4/ztp-site-generate-rhel8:v4.13.0-45*
RHODF-4.13-RHEL-9RedHatodf4/odf-rhel9-operator:v4.13.0-24*

Potential Mitigations

References

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