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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: 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.

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CVEs
CVE-2021-27668
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1 Nov 2026, 06:33 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2021-27668

core-osv · Original source

Published 31 Aug 2021, 18:15 UTC

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.

osv:CVE-2021-27668
Complete source record
{
  "id": "3b402bf41ffdd29089bcc6ccc162f91561923c693d8afea569b3fbfd862d640d",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-27668",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-27668",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-27668",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2021-27668",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-vault-2021-27668",
        "CVE-2021-27668"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/hashicorp/vault",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "3bf8733cd69bb0ac14da9aaa6135bcb7f710cc5f"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "b540be4b7ec48d0dd7512c8d8df9399d6bf84d76"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0.9.2"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "1.6.3"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v1.6.2",
            "v1.6.1",
            "v1.6.0",
            "v1.6.0-rc",
            "v1.2.0",
            "v1.2.0-rc1",
            "api/v1.0.4",
            "sdk/v0.1.13",
            "api/v1.0.3",
            "sdk/v0.1.12",
            "v1.2.0-beta2",
            "v1.2.0-beta1",
            "sdk/v0.1.11",
            "sdk/v0.1.10",
            "api/v1.0.2",
            "v1.1.1",
            "sdk/v0.1.9",
            "api/v1.0.1",
            "sdk/v0.1.8",
            "v1.1.0",
            "v1.1.0-beta2",
            "v1.1.0-beta1",
            "v1.0.3",
            "v1.0.2",
            "v1.0.1",
            "v0.10.2",
            "v1.0.0",
            "v1.0.0-rc1",
            "v1.0.0-beta2",
            "v1.0.0-beta1",
            "v0.11.2",
            "v0.11.1",
            "v0.11.0",
            "v0.11.0-beta1",
            "v0.10.4",
            "v0.10.3",
            "v0.10.1",
            "v0.10.0",
            "v0.10.0-rc1",
            "v0.9.6",
            "v0.9.5",
            "v0.9.4",
            "v0.9.2"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-27668.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:41.283928005Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-05-vault-enterprise-s-dr-secondaries-exposed-license-metadata-without-authentication/21427",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202207-01"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2021-27668",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 435110,
  "published_at": "2021-08-31T18:15:07.843+00:00"
}