HOMEVULNERABILITIESCVE-2024-8365
MEDIUM

CVE-2024-8365

CWE-532Published: September 2, 2024· Updated: Jun 17, 2026

6.5
CVSS v3.1

Official Description

Vault Community Edition and Vault Enterprise experienced a regression where functionality that HMAC’d sensitive headers in the configured audit device, specifically client tokens and token accessors, was removed. This resulted in the plaintext values of client tokens and token accessors being stored in the audit log. This vulnerability, CVE-2024-8365, was fixed in Vault Community Edition and Vault Enterprise 1.17.5 and Vault Enterprise 1.16.9.

NVD Source

Technical Analysis

CVE-2024-8365 can be exploited remotely over the network without requiring physical or adjacent access, significantly expanding the attack surface for threat actors.

Exploitation does not require any privileges, though user interaction (Required) is needed, which slightly reduces the risk of mass automated attacks.

A successful exploit results in complete confidentiality breach (data exposure), with a CVSS base score of 6.5.

CVSS v3.1 Vector Breakdown

Exploitability
Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges Req.None
User InteractionRequired
ScopeUnchanged
Impact
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected Vendors & Products

hashicorp1 product(s)
vault
Source: NVD CPE · 1 total CPE entries

Exploit & PoC Resources

NO KNOWN EXPLOITNo public exploit confirmed at this time
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Official Patches & Advisories

ADVISORYhttps://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2024-18-vault-leaks-client-token-and-token-accessor-in-audit-devices/

All References (1)

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https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2024-18-vault-leaks-client-token-and-token-accessor-in-audit-devices/Vendor Advisory

Quick Facts

CVE IDCVE-2024-8365
CVSS Score6.5 / 10
SeverityMEDIUM
WeaknessCWE-532
CISA KEVNo
Affected1 vendor(s)
PublishedSep 2, 2024

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Recommended Actions

  • →Apply vendor patches immediately
  • →Monitor CVE-2024-8365 in threat intel feeds
  • →Review IDS/IPS signatures for exploitation attempts
Data sourced from NVD (NIST), CISA KEV, and EPSS (FIRST). Analysis generated by CTIWATCH.COM. CVE data is provided under the NVD usage policy.
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