Vault Requests Triggering Policy Checks May Lead To Unbounded Memory Consumption
CVE-2023-5954

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
HashiCorp
Status
Vault
Vault Enterprise
Vendor
CVE Published:
9 November 2023

Summary

HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise inbound client requests triggering a policy check can lead to an unbounded consumption of memory. A large number of these requests may lead to denial-of-service. Fixed in Vault 1.15.2, 1.14.6, and 1.13.10.

Affected Version(s)

Vault Enterprise Windows 1.15.0

Vault Enterprise Windows 1.15.1

Vault Enterprise Windows 1.14.3

References

https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2023-33-vault-reque...
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231227-0001/

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Collectors

NVD DatabaseMitre Database
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