CVE-2021-32074
HashiCorp vault-action (aka Vault GitHub Action) before 2.2.0 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from log files because a multi-line secret was not correctly registered with GitHub Actions for log masking.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.88%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
HashiCorp vault-action (aka Vault GitHub Action) before 2.2.0 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from log files because a multi-line secret was not correctly registered with GitHub Actions for log masking.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.88% probability · 79th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-532
- Affected
- hashicorp/vault-action
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.9% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-13-vault-github-action-did-not-correctly-mask-multi-line-secrets-in-output/24128Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/hashicorp/vault-action/blob/master/CHANGELOG.mdThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/hashicorp/vault-action/issues/205Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/hashicorp/vault-action/pull/208Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-13-vault-github-action-did-not-correctly-mask-multi-line-secrets-in-output/24128Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/hashicorp/vault-action/blob/master/CHANGELOG.mdThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/hashicorp/vault-action/issues/205Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/hashicorp/vault-action/pull/208Patch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.