CVE-2023-6337
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
08/12/2023
Last modified:
13/02/2025
Description
HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.12.0 and newer are vulnerable to a denial of service through memory exhaustion of the host when handling large unauthenticated and authenticated HTTP requests from a client. Vault will attempt to map the request to memory, resulting in the exhaustion of available memory on the host, which may cause Vault to crash.<br />
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Fixed in Vault 1.15.4, 1.14.8, 1.13.12.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
7.50
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Vulnerable products and versions
CPE | From | Up to |
---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1.12.0 (including) | |
cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | 1.12.0 (including) | |
cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1.13.0 (including) | 1.13.12 (excluding) |
cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | 1.13.0 (including) | 1.13.12 (excluding) |
cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1.14.0 (including) | 1.14.8 (excluding) |
cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | 1.14.0 (including) | 1.14.8 (excluding) |
cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1.15.0 (including) | 1.15.4 (excluding) |
cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | 1.15.0 (including) | 1.15.4 (excluding) |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2023-34-vault-vulnerable-to-denial-of-service-through-memory-exhaustion-when-handling-large-http-requests/60741
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240112-0006/
- https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2023-34-vault-vulnerable-to-denial-of-service-through-memory-exhaustion-when-handling-large-http-requests/60741
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240112-0006/