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CVE-2021-36230

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-07-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-863

Description

HashiCorp Terraform Enterprise releases up to v202106-1 did not properly perform authorization checks on a subset of API requests executed using the run token, allowing privilege escalation to organization owner. Fixed in v202107-1.

Affected products

• HashiCorp Terraform: before 202107-1 — fixed in 202107-1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: HashiCorp Terraform 202107-1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-18-terraform-enterprise-allowed-privilege-escalation-via-run-token/27070
• https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/category/terraform/
• https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-18-terraform-enterprise-allowed-privilege-escalation-via-run-token/27070
• https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/category/terraform/

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