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CVE-2024-5798 Details

Description

Vault and Vault Enterprise did not properly validate the JSON Web Token (JWT) role-bound audience claim when using the Vault JWT auth method. This may have resulted in Vault validating a JWT the audience and role-bound claims do not match, allowing an invalid login to succeed when it should have been rejected. This vulnerability, CVE-2024-5798, was fixed in Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.17.0, 1.16.3, and 1.15.9

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:2.6 LOWVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2024-11-vault-incorrectly-validated-json-web-tokens-jwt-audience-claims/67770	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2024-11-vault-incorrectly-validated-json-web-tokens-jwt-audience-claims/67770	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-287	Improper Authentication	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
hashicorp vault	>= 0.11.0, < 1.15.9 >= 1.16.0, < 1.16.3
CPE cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:::::-:::* cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:::::enterprise:::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	CISA-ADP
Nov 4, 2025	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 7, 2025	Initial Analysis	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
Jun 12, 2024	New CVE Received	[email protected]