CVE-2020-16250: Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

August 2, 2021

HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise versions 0.7.1 and newer, when configured with the AWS IAM auth method, may be vulnerable to authentication bypass. Fixed in 1.2.5, 1.3.8, 1.4.4, and 1.5.1..

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-fp52-qw33-mfmw
github.com/hashicorp/vault/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16250

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