High severity · published Jul 11, 2024
CVE-2024-6468
Vault and Vault Enterprise did not properly handle requests originating from unauthorized IP addresses when the TCP listener option, proxy_protocol_behavior, was set to…
7.5
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Vault and Vault Enterprise did not properly handle requests originating from unauthorized IP addresses when the TCP listener option, proxy_protocol_behavior, was set to deny_unauthorized. When receiving a request from a source IP address that was not listed in proxy_protocol_authorized_addrs, the Vault API server would shut down and no longer respond to any HTTP requests, potentially resulting in denial of service.
While this bug also affected versions of Vault up to 1.17.1 and 1.16.5, a separate regression in those release series did not allow Vault operators to configure the deny_unauthorized option, thus not allowing the conditions for the denial of service to occur.
Fixed in Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.17.2, 1.16.6, and 1.15.12.
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)0.5% · higher than 42% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VA
Vault · Hashicorp
1.10.0 before 1.15.12; 1.10.0 before 1.15.12; 1.16.0 before 1.16.6; 1.16.0 before 1.16.6; 1.17.0 before 1.17.2; 1.17.0 before 1.17.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6468
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6468
Vendor Advisory
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2024-14-vault-vulnerable-to-denial-of-service-when-setting-a-proxy-protocol-behavior/68518
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