CVE-2021-40862

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: 2021-09-15 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

HashiCorp Terraform Enterprise up to v202108-1 contained an API endpoint that erroneously disclosed a sensitive URL to authenticated parties, which could be used for privilege escalation or unauthorized modification of a Terraform configuration. Fixed in v202109-1.

Affected products

HashiCorp Terraform Enterprise: through 202108-1

References

https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-25-terraform-enterprise-configuration-versions-api-discloses-sensitive-url/29508
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-25-terraform-enterprise-configuration-versions-api-discloses-sensitive-url/29508

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