Vulnerability Instance
Lookup for vulnerabilities affecting packages.
GET /api/vulnerabilities/34518?format=api
{ "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/vulnerabilities/34518?format=api", "vulnerability_id": "VCID-xerz-1x1v-uuap", "summary": "Hashicorp Vault Privilege Escalation Vulnerability\nHashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise through 1.7.4 and 1.8.3 allowed a user with write permission to an entity alias ID sharing a mount accessor with another user to acquire this other user’s policies by merging their identities. Fixed in Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.7.5 and 1.8.4.", "aliases": [ { "alias": "CVE-2021-41802" }, { "alias": "GHSA-qv95-g3gm-x542" } ], "fixed_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/373313?format=api", "purl": "pkg:alpm/archlinux/vault@1.9.0-1", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:alpm/archlinux/vault@1.9.0-1" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/77620?format=api", "purl": "pkg:ebuild/app-admin/vault@1.10.3", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:ebuild/app-admin/vault@1.10.3" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/73773?format=api", "purl": "pkg:golang/github.com/hashicorp/vault@1.7.5", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:golang/github.com/hashicorp/vault@1.7.5" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/73774?format=api", "purl": "pkg:golang/github.com/hashicorp/vault@1.8.4", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:golang/github.com/hashicorp/vault@1.8.4" } ], "affected_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/373312?format=api", "purl": "pkg:alpm/archlinux/vault@1.7.3-1", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-4795-vxdy-w7g3" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-bfm3-2zvj-5bca" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-rk2n-tuu9-fbdc" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-xerz-1x1v-uuap" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-xk9c-q66v-3kcx" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:alpm/archlinux/vault@1.7.3-1" } ], "references": [ { "reference_url": "https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2021-41802.json", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "5.4", "scoring_system": "cvssv3", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N" } ], "url": "https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2021-41802.json" }, { "reference_url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-41802", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "0.00238", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.46876", "published_at": "2026-05-14T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00254", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.48739", "published_at": "2026-04-08T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00254", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.48779", "published_at": "2026-04-18T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00254", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.48738", "published_at": "2026-04-21T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00254", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.48723", "published_at": "2026-04-24T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00254", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.48681", "published_at": "2026-04-29T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00254", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.48597", "published_at": "2026-05-05T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00254", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.48659", "published_at": "2026-05-07T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00254", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.48686", "published_at": "2026-05-09T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00254", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.48633", "published_at": "2026-05-11T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00254", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.48664", "published_at": "2026-05-12T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00254", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.48665", "published_at": "2026-04-01T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00254", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.48706", "published_at": "2026-04-02T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00254", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.48731", "published_at": "2026-04-26T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00254", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.48684", "published_at": "2026-04-07T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00254", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.48735", "published_at": "2026-04-13T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00254", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.48753", "published_at": "2026-04-11T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00254", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.48727", "published_at": "2026-04-12T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00254", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.48783", "published_at": "2026-04-16T12:55:00Z" } ], "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-41802" }, { "reference_url": "https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-27-vault-merging-multiple-entity-aliases-for-the-same-mount-may-allow-privilege-escalation", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "2.9", "scoring_system": "cvssv3.1", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N" }, { "value": "LOW", "scoring_system": "generic_textual", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-27-vault-merging-multiple-entity-aliases-for-the-same-mount-may-allow-privilege-escalation" }, { "reference_url": "https://github.com/hashicorp/vault", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "2.9", "scoring_system": "cvssv3.1", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N" }, { "value": "LOW", "scoring_system": "generic_textual", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "https://github.com/hashicorp/vault" }, { "reference_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41802", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "2.9", "scoring_system": "cvssv3.1", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N" }, { "value": "LOW", "scoring_system": "generic_textual", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41802" }, { "reference_url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202207-01", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "2.9", "scoring_system": "cvssv3.1", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N" }, { "value": "LOW", "scoring_system": "generic_textual", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202207-01" }, { "reference_url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2015915", "reference_id": "2015915", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2015915" }, { "reference_url": "https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-2294", "reference_id": "AVG-2294", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "Medium", "scoring_system": "archlinux", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-2294" } ], "weaknesses": [ { "cwe_id": 269, "name": "Improper Privilege Management", "description": "The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor." }, { "cwe_id": 732, "name": "Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource", "description": "The product specifies permissions for a security-critical resource in a way that allows that resource to be read or modified by unintended actors." } ], "exploits": [], "severity_range_score": "0.1 - 6.9", "exploitability": "0.5", "weighted_severity": "6.2", "risk_score": 3.1, "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/vulnerabilities/VCID-xerz-1x1v-uuap" }