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"
}