High severity · published Nov 9, 2023
CVE-2023-5954
HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise inbound client requests triggering a policy check can lead to an unbounded consumption of memory
7.5
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 54% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VA
Vault · Hashicorp
1.13.7 before 1.13.10; 1.13.7 before 1.13.10; 1.14.3 before 1.14.6; 1.14.3 before 1.14.6; 1.15.0 before 1.15.2; 1.15.0 before 1.15.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5954
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5954
Vendor Advisory
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2023-33-vault-requests-triggering-policy-checks-may-lead-to-unbounded-memory-consumption/59926
security.netapp.com
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231227-0001/
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