CVE-2023-5954

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.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
5.9 MEDIUM
NETWORK
HIGH
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
HashiCorpCNA
5.9 MEDIUM
NETWORK
HIGH
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVEADP
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 58%
VendorProductVersion
hashicorpvault
1.13.7 ≤
𝑥
< 1.13.10
hashicorpvault
1.13.7 ≤
𝑥
< 1.13.10
hashicorpvault
1.14.3 ≤
𝑥
< 1.14.6
hashicorpvault
1.14.3 ≤
𝑥
< 1.14.6
hashicorpvault
1.15.0 ≤
𝑥
< 1.15.2
hashicorpvault
1.15.0 ≤
𝑥
< 1.15.2
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2023-33-vault-requests-triggering-policy-checks-may-lead-to-unbounded-memory-consumption/59926
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/59926
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231227-0001/