Information disclosure in Vault and Vault Enterprise - CVE-2023-25000
Published: March 30, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU74186
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-25000
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: HashiCorp
Affected software:
Vault
Vault Enterprise
Vault
Vault Enterprise
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to the Shamir implementation uses precomputed table lookups. A remote user can perform a cache-timing attack and recover the Shamir shares.
How to mitigate CVE-2023-25000
Install updates from vendor's website.