{"id":"CVE-2018-19786","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-19786","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T03:02:05.853Z","title":"HashiCorp Vault before 1.0.0 writes the master key to the server log in certain unusual or misconfigured scenarios in which incorrect data comes from the autoseal mechanism without an error being reported.","description":"HashiCorp Vault before 1.0.0 writes the master key to the server log in certain unusual or misconfigured scenarios in which incorrect data comes from the autoseal mechanism without an error being reported.","published":"2018-12-05T09:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:49:53.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":8.1,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-532"],"affected":["hashicorp/vault"],"epss":{"score":0.00934,"percentile":0.60549,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.93%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/hashicorp/vault/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#100-december-3rd-2018","tags":["Release Notes","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/hashicorp/vault/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#100-december-3rd-2018","tags":["Release Notes","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19786","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}