Boundary Workers Store Rotated Credentials in Plaintext Even When a Key Management Service Configured

CVE-2023-0690
7.1HIGH

Key Information

Vendor
HashiCorp
Status
Boundary
Vendor
CVE Published:
8 February 2023

Summary

HashiCorp Boundary from 0.10.0 through 0.11.2 contain an issue where when using a PKI-based worker with a Key Management Service (KMS) defined in the configuration file, new credentials created after an automatic rotation may not have been encrypted via the intended KMS. This would result in the credentials being stored in plaintext on the Boundary PKI worker’s disk. This issue is fixed in version 0.12.0.

Affected Version(s)

Boundary <= 0.11.2

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.1
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published.

  • Vulnerability Reserved.

Collectors

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