HashiCorp Terraform Enterprise releases up to v202106-1 did not properly perform authorization checks on a subset of API requests executed…

published 2021-07-20 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-22850

cvss: 8.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.0%; EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 61%
public exploits: 0; none known

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.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 distros 1

hashicorp terraform 202107-1

terraform CBL-Mariner 2.0 1.3.2-1

azure linux advisories AZL-9180

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

Exploit prediction

0.95% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 61% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization

References

hashicorp.com /blog/category/terraform/
vendor-advisory
discuss.hashicorp.com /t/hcsec-2021-18-terraform-enterprise-allowed-privilege-escalation-via-run-token/27070
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2021-36230
NVD CVE-2021-36230

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary