Denial of service in HashiCorp Vault Enterprise



Published: 2023-07-28
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2023-3774
CWE-ID CWE-20
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
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Vendor HashiCorp

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU78742

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-3774

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to unhandled error in namespace creation. A remote user can create a namespace and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Vault Enterprise: 1.12.8 - 1.14.0

External links

http://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2023-23-vault-enterprise-namespace-creation-may-lead-to-denial-of-service/56617


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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