VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2023-5954
A large number of these requests may lead to denial-of-service.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 0.72%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.72%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.72% probability · 52th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-401
- Affected
- hashicorp/vault
- Source
- security@hashicorp.com
References
- https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2023-33-vault-requests-triggering-policy-checks-may-lead-to-unbounded-memory-consumption/59926Vendor Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231227-0001/
- https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2023-33-vault-requests-triggering-policy-checks-may-lead-to-unbounded-memory-consumption/59926Vendor Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231227-0001/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.