CVE-2023-5954
Vault Requests Triggering Policy Checks May Lead To Unbounded Memory Consumption
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.64%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2023-5954
To remediate CVE-2023-5954, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 1.13.10 or later
- —upgrade to 1.13.10 or later
- —upgrade to 1.13.10 or later
Is CVE-2023-5954 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.6%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- >= 1.13.7, < 1.13.10, >= 1.14.3, < 1.14.6, >= 1.15.0, < 1.15.2
- from 0, < 1.13.10
- from 0, < 1.13.10, >= 1.14.0, < 1.14.6, >= 1.15.0, < 1.15.2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |