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High
CVE-2024-2048
Vault Cert Auth Method Did Not Correctly Validate Non-CA Certificates
Vulnerability Description
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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Affected Vendor
HashiCorp
View all reports →Affected Software
Vault, Vault Enterprise
Vulnerable Versions:
1.15.5
Timeline
Official Publish:
March 4th, 2024
Last Modified:
February 13th, 2025
Added to House:
July 22nd, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H