Observable Response Discrepancy in Vault and Vault Enterprise - CVE-2023-3462

 

Observable Response Discrepancy in Vault and Vault Enterprise - CVE-2023-3462

Published: August 1, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU78804
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-2023-3462
CWE-ID: CWE-204
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: HashiCorp
Affected software:
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 observable response discrepancy issue in the LDAP auth method. A remote user can enumerate valid accounts.


How to mitigate CVE-2023-3462

Install updates from vendor's website.

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