CVE-2023-5954 Vault Requests Triggering Policy Checks May Lead To Unbounded Memory Consumption

2023-11-0920:13:49

CWE-401

HashiCorp

www.cve.org

cve-2023-5954

hashicorp vault

memory consumption

denial-of-service

fixed

5.9 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

0.0005 Low

EPSS

Percentile

17.0%

JSON

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.

CNA Affected

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  {
    "vendor": "HashiCorp",
    "product": "Vault",
    "platforms": [
      "Windows",
      "MacOS",
      "Linux",
      "x86",
      "ARM",
      "64 bit",
      "32 bit"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "1.15.0"
      },
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "1.15.1"
      },
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "1.14.3"
      },
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "1.14.4"
      },
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "1.14.5"
      },
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "1.13.7"
      },
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "1.13.8"
      },
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "1.13.9"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  },
  {
    "vendor": "HashiCorp",
    "product": "Vault Enterprise",
    "platforms": [
      "Windows",
      "MacOS",
      "Linux",
      "x86",
      "ARM",
      "64 bit",
      "32 bit"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "1.15.0"
      },
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "1.15.1"
      },
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "1.14.3"
      },
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "1.14.4"
      },
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "1.14.5"
      },
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "1.13.7"
      },
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        "status": "affected",
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      }
    ],
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]