Improper Removal of Sensitive Information Before Storage or Transfer in HashiCorp Vault

Description

References

• nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38554 · ADVISORY
• discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-19-vault-s-ui-cached-user-viewed-secrets-between-shared-browser-sessions/28166 · WEB
• hashicorp/vault · PACKAGE
• hashicorp/vault release v1.6.6 · WEB
• hashicorp/vault release v1.7.4 · WEB
• security.gentoo.org/glsa/202207-01 · WEB
• GitHub Advisory GHSA-6239-28c2-9mrm · ADVISORY

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