Vault SSH Secrets Engine Configuration Did Not Restrict Valid Principals By Default (CVE-2024-7594)
Vault’s SSH secrets engine did not require the valid_principals list to contain a value by default. If the valid_principals and default_user fields of the SSH secrets engine configuration are not set, an SSH certificate requested by an authorized user to Vault’s SSH secrets engine could be used to authenticate as any user on the host. Fixed in Vault Community Edition 1.17.6, and in Vault Enterprise 1.17.6, 1.16.10, and 1.15.15.
Vault SSH Secrets Engine Configuration Did Not Restrict Valid Principals By Default (CVE-2024-7594)
Description
Vault’s SSH secrets engine did not require the valid_principals list to contain a value by default. If the valid_principals and default_user fields of the SSH secrets engine configuration are not set, an SSH certificate requested by an authorized user to Vault’s SSH secrets engine could be used to authenticate as any user on the host. Fixed in Vault Community Edition 1.17.6, and in Vault Enterprise 1.17.6, 1.16.10, and 1.15.15.
Affected software
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Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Osv Id
- BIT-vault-2024-7594
- Osv Schema Version
- 1.5.0
- Aliases
- ["CVE-2024-7594"]
- Ecosystems
- ["Bitnami"]
- Database Specific Severity
- High
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6aa005b1acd9273b49ab5885
Added to database: 09/08/2026, 12:55:13 UTC
Last updated: 09/08/2026, 12:55:13 UTC
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