Answer in brief
CVE-2021-41802 records a Low severity (CVSS 2.9) vulnerability in Hashicorp Vault Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps github.com/hashicorp/vault (go), github.com/hashicorp/vault (go). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
HOL Guard separates source facts from reviewed analysis. See the methodology.
CVSS is 2.9. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps github.com/hashicorp/vault (go), github.com/hashicorp/vault (go). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| github.com/hashicorp/vaultgo | >=0 <1.7.5 | 1.7.5 |
| github.com/hashicorp/vaultgo | >=1.8.0 <1.8.4 | 1.8.4 |
Published upstream
Oct 12, 2021
Evidence: source:osv:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Sep 10, 2026
Evidence: source:osv:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Sep 10, 2026
HashiCorp 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.
Quoted source text, attributed separately from HOL analysis.