SB2023031101 - Denial of service in HashiCorp Vault



SB2023031101 - Denial of service in HashiCorp Vault

Published: March 11, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2023031101
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Improper access control (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-24999)

The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service attack.

The vulnerability exists due to the way the application handles authentication based on Approle SecretID. A remote user with access to the "/auth/approle/role/:role_name/secret-id-accessor/destroy" endpoint can destroy the secret ID of any other role by providing the secret ID accessor and disable access to Vault for other users.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.