Security advisory

{
  "id": "e7c2955451d5f8ebc9ca7fdc5295be5ee46df0164bd58b06694d49a114e00629",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-38554",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-38554",
    "summary": "HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise’s UI erroneously cached and exposed user-viewed secrets between sessions in a single shared browser. Fixed in 1.8.0 and pending 1.7.4 / 1.6.6 releases.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-38554",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2021-38554",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-vault-2021-38554",
        "CVE-2021-38554",
        "GHSA-6239-28c2-9mrm",
        "GO-2022-0632"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/hashicorp/vault",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "82a99f14eb6133f99a975e653d4dac21c17505c7"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "1.8.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "1.8.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "main-creation",
            "v1.8.0-rc2",
            "api/v1.1.1",
            "sdk/v0.2.1",
            "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",
            "v0.9.1",
            "v0.9.0",
            "v0.8.3",
            "v0.8.2",
            "v0.8.1",
            "v0.8.0",
            "v0.8.0-rc1",
            "v0.8.0-beta1",
            "v0.7.3",
            "v0.7.2",
            "v0.7.1",
            "v0.6.5",
            "v0.7.0",
            "v0.7.0-beta1",
            "v0.6.4",
            "v0.6.3",
            "v0.6.2",
            "v0.6.1",
            "v0.6.1-rc3",
            "v0.6.1-rc2",
            "v0.6.1-rc1",
            "v0.6.0-rebuild",
            "v0.6.0",
            "v0.6.0-rc1",
            "v0.5.2",
            "v0.6.0-beta2",
            "v0.6.0-beta1",
            "v0.5.1",
            "v0.5.0",
            "v0.5.0-rc2",
            "v0.5.0-rc1.2",
            "v0.5.0-rc1.1",
            "v0.5.0-rc1",
            "v0.4.0",
            "v0.4.0-rc1",
            "v0.3.1",
            "v0.3.0",
            "v0.3.0-rc",
            "v0.2.0",
            "v0.2.0.rc1",
            "v0.1.2",
            "v0.1.1",
            "v0.1.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-38554.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:36.408514677Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-19-vault-s-ui-cached-user-viewed-secrets-between-shared-browser-sessions/28166",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202207-01"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2021-38554",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 433964,
  "published_at": "2021-08-13T16:15:08.117+00:00"
}