CVE-2023-5954 MEDIUM

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

Vendor Hashicorp
Product Vault
Weakness CWE-401
Published November 9, 2023
Last update February 13, 2025
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CVSS base score

5.9/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

November 9, 2023 CVE published
February 13, 2025 Record updated