Medium severity · published Mar 30, 2023
CVE-2023-0665
HashiCorp Vault's PKI mount issuer endpoints did not correctly authorize access to remove an issuer or modify issuer metadata, potentially resulting in denial of service of the…
6.5
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
HashiCorp Vault's PKI mount issuer endpoints did not correctly authorize access to remove an issuer or modify issuer metadata, potentially resulting in denial of service of the PKI mount. This bug did not affect public or private key material, trust chains or certificate issuance. Fixed in Vault 1.13.1, 1.12.5, and 1.11.9.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 26% 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-2023-0665
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-0665
Issue Tracking
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2023-11-vault-s-pki-issuer-endpoint-did-not-correctly-authorize-access-to-issuer-metadata/52079/1
security.netapp.com
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230526-0008/
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