{"id":"CVE-2020-35453","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-35453","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T23:43:45.925Z","title":"HashiCorp Vault Enterprise’s Sentinel EGP policy feature incorrectly allowed requests to be processed in parent and sibling namespaces.","description":"HashiCorp Vault Enterprise’s Sentinel EGP policy feature incorrectly allowed requests to be processed in parent and sibling namespaces. Fixed in 1.5.6 and 1.6.1.","published":"2020-12-17T05:15:11.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:13:44.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":[],"affected":["hashicorp/vault"],"epss":{"score":0.00819,"percentile":0.56961,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.82%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2020-24-vault-enterprise-s-sentinel-egp-policies-may-impact-parent-or-sibling-namespaces/18983","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/hashicorp/vault/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#161","tags":["Release Notes"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2020-24-vault-enterprise-s-sentinel-egp-policies-may-impact-parent-or-sibling-namespaces/18983","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/hashicorp/vault/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#161","tags":["Release Notes"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-35453","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."}