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CVE-2024-2048

HIGH
8.1
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

Vault and Vault Enterprise (“Vault”) TLS certificate auth method did not correctly validate client certificates when configured with a non-CA certificate as trusted certificate. In this configuration, an attacker may be able to craft a malicious certificate that could be used to bypass authentication. Fixed in Vault 1.15.5 and 1.14.10.

How to fix

Remediation Available
Hashicorp VaultWindows application
Affected:1.14.10Fixed in:1.14.10HashiCorp, Inc.
Affected:1.15.0 1.15.5Fixed in:1.15.5HashiCorp, Inc.

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityHigh
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.45%probability of exploitation in 30 days
36thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 36% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1
Third-Party Advisory1

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2009-3555Critical9.887%-Fix
CVE-2022-26923High8.883%KEVFix
CVE-2023-27823Critical9.853%--
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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-11-13.