CVE-2020-35192 describes a critical vulnerability in official HashiCorp Vault Docker images prior to version 0.11.6, where a root user account was configured with a blank password. This flaw allows remote attackers to gain root access to systems deploying affected Vault containers, posing a significant risk to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical) and an attack vector of Network with low complexity, the potential impact is severe. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 0.6.0, < 0.11.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.