CVE-2024-8365

Name: CVE-2024-8365
Creator: NVD / NIST
Published: 2024-09-02T05:15:17.823+00:00
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

MEDIUMCVSS 6.5/10EPSS 0.47%

Last modified Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2024-8365 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 6.5/10 on the CVSS scale. 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. EPSS estimates a 0.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

6.5/10

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

EPSS Probability

0.47%

37.4th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Weakness Enumeration

Affected Software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Hashicorp	Vault	< 1.16.9
Hashicorp	Vault	< 1.17.5
Hashicorp	Vault	>= 1.17.0, < 1.17.5

References

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

Timeline

Published: Sep 2, 2024
Last Modified: Jun 17, 2026
Status: Analyzed

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2024-8365?

How severe is CVE-2024-8365?

CVE-2024-8365 has a CVSS score of 6.5/10 (MEDIUM severity). The EPSS model estimates a 0.47% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2024-8365?

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Source: NVD / NIST