A privileged Vault operator within the root namespace with write permission to {{sys/audit}} may obtain code execution on the underlying host if a plugin directory is set in Vault’s configuration. Fixed in Vault Community Edition 1.20.1 and Vault Enterprise 1.20.1, 1.19.7, 1.18.12, and 1.16.23.
{ "cpes": [ "cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:go:*:*", "cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:community:go:*:*" ], "severity": "Critical" }