High severity · published Jun 10, 2020
CVE-2020-13223
HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise logged proxy environment variables that potentially included sensitive credentials
7.5
CVSS
1.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise logged proxy environment variables that potentially included sensitive credentials. Fixed in 1.3.6 and 1.4.2.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.3% · higher than 70% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VA
Vault · Hashicorp
before 1.3.6; 1.4.0 before 1.4.2; before 1.3.6; 1.4.0 before 1.4.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13223
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-13223
Release Notes
https://github.com/hashicorp/vault/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#142-may-21st-2020
Vendor Advisory
https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/category/vault/
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