Vulnerability in github.com/hashicorp/vault (CVE-2024-7594)

Summary

Vulnerability in github.com/hashicorp/vault (CVE-2024-7594). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 1.17.6 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

Vault’s SSH secrets engine did not require the valid_principals list to contain a value by default. If the valid_principals and default_user fields of the SSH secrets engine configuration are not set, an SSH certificate requested by an authorized user to Vault’s SSH secrets engine could be used to authenticate as any user on the host. Fixed in Vault Community Edition 1.17.6, and in Vault Enterprise 1.17.6, 1.16.10, and 1.15.15.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD GitHub Advisory OSV

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-7594 has been found in github.com/hashicorp/vault.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade github.com/hashicorp/vault to 1.17.6 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "github.com/hashicorp/vault CVE-2024-7594" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2024-7594 (github.com/hashicorp/vault)
Patched: 1.17.6 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.

❓ What is the problem

A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in github.com/hashicorp/vault.

📍 Affected scope

Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of github.com/hashicorp/vault.

🔥 Severity

Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.

🔧 How to fix

Update to 1.17.6.

🛡️ Workaround

Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.

🔍 Detection

Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'github.com/hashicorp/vault' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.

Response actions

Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order

1
Identify exposure identify
```
grep -r 'github.com/hashicorp/vault' . | grep -v node_modules
```
リポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で github.com/hashicorp/vault を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
2
Apply patch patch
```
Upgrade github.com/hashicorp/vault to 1.17.6
```
ステージング環境で 1.17.6 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
3
Post-deployment verification verify
```
Confirm patched version is live in production
```
パッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。

Affected packages

Go github.com/hashicorp/vault

[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"1.7.7"},{"fixed":"1.17.6"}]}]

Bitnami openbao

[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.0.2"}]}]

Bitnami vault