CVE-2021-27668
HashiCorp Vault Enterprise 0.9.2 through 1.6.2 allowed the read of license metadata from DR...
HashiCorp Vault Enterprise 0.9.2 through 1.6.2 allowed the read of license metadata from DR secondaries without authentication. Fixed in 1.6.3.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
HashiCorp Vault Enterprise 0.9.2 through 1.6.2 allowed the read of license metadata from DR secondaries without authentication. Fixed in 1.6.3.
- Record
CVE-2021-27668- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-306
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
HashiCorp Vault Enterprise 0.9.2 through 1.6.2 allowed the read of license metadata from DR secondaries without authentication. Fixed in 1.6.3.
- Record
CVE-2021-27668- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-14414 No score
HashiCorp Vault Enterprise 0.9.2 through 1.6.2 allowed the read of license metadata from DR secondaries without authentication. Fixed in 1.6.3.
- Record
EUVD-2021-14414- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mfpx-cx7p-6jc6
HashiCorp Vault Enterprise 0.9.2 through 1.6.2 allowed the read of license metadata from DR...
HashiCorp Vault Enterprise 0.9.2 through 1.6.2 allowed the read of license metadata from DR secondaries without authentication. Fixed in 1.6.3.
- Record
GHSA-mfpx-cx7p-6jc6- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-287, CWE-306
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2021-27668
HashiCorp Vault Enterprise 0.9.2 through 1.6.2 allowed the read of license metadata from DR secondaries without authentication. Fixed in 1.6.3.
- Record
ALPINE-CVE-2021-27668- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
OSV
HashiCorp Vault Enterprise 0.9.2 through 1.6.2 allowed the read of license metadata from DR secondaries without authentication. Fixed in 1.6.3.
- Record
CVE-2021-27668- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVBIT-vault-2021-27668 No score
HashiCorp Vault Enterprise 0.9.2 through 1.6.2 allowed the read of license metadata from DR secondaries without authentication. Fixed in 1.6.3.
- Record
BIT-vault-2021-27668- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
vaultAlpine:v3.13 |
0.9.2 up to 1.5.8-r0 | 1.5.8-r0 |
vaultAlpine:v3.14 |
0.9.2 up to 1.7.1-r0 | 1.7.1-r0 |
vaultAlpine:v3.15 |
0.9.2 up to 1.7.1-r0 | 1.7.1-r0 |
vaultAlpine:v3.16 |
0.9.2 up to 1.7.1-r0 | 1.7.1-r0 |
vaultAlpine:v3.17 |
0.9.2 up to 1.7.1-r0 | 1.7.1-r0 |
vaultAlpine:v3.18 |
0.9.2 up to 1.7.1-r0 | 1.7.1-r0 |
vaultBitnami |
0.9.2 up to 1.6.3 | 1.6.3 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, aliases, references | OSV | |
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-27668 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Hashicorp Vault, published August 31, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.04%, the 64th percentile. Fixed in vault 1.5.8-r0.