Medium severity · published Mar 30, 2023
CVE-2023-0620
HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise versions 0.8.0 through 1.13.1 are vulnerable to an SQL injection attack when configuring the Microsoft SQL (MSSQL) Database Storage Backend
6.7
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise versions 0.8.0 through 1.13.1 are vulnerable to an SQL injection attack when configuring the Microsoft SQL (MSSQL) Database Storage Backend. When configuring the MSSQL plugin through the local, certain parameters are not sanitized when passed to the user-provided MSSQL database. An attacker may modify these parameters to execute a malicious SQL command.
This issue is fixed in versions 1.13.1, 1.12.5, and 1.11.9.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 32% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VA
Vault · Hashicorp
before 1.11.9; before 1.11.9; 1.12.0 before 1.12.5; 1.12.0 before 1.12.5; 1.13.0 before 1.13.1; 1.13.0 before 1.13.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0620
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-0620
Issue Tracking
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2023-12-vault-s-microsoft-sql-database-storage-backend-vulnerable-to-sql-injection-via-configuration-file/52080/1
security.netapp.com
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230526-0008/
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