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CVE-2021-3282

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-3282 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting HashiCorp Vault Enterprise versions 1.6.0 and 1.6.1, allowing unauthenticated execution of the "remove-peer" raft operator command on DR secondaries. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this network-exploitable flaw has low attack complexity and could lead to high integrity impacts, specifically the removal of a peer from the Raft cluster without authorization. While no public exploits, Metasploit modules, or Nuclei templates are available, and community discussion is minimal, the vulnerability was patched in Vault Enterprise 1.6.2.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
67.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0130 is in the 47th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/hashicorp/vaultFixed in: 1.6.2

Vendor Advisories (2)

goGHSA-rq95-xf66-j689high

Improper Authentication in HashiCorp Vault

Jan 31, 2024
redhatCVE-2021-3282Moderate

vault: Vault Enterprise’s DR Secondaries Allowed Raft Peer Removal Without Authentication

Feb 1, 2021

References

discuss.hashicorp.com / t/hcsec-2021-04-vault-enterprise-s-dr-secondaries-allowed-raft-peer-removal-without-authentication/20337
Vendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202207-01
Third Party Advisory