CVE-2023-5954

MEDIUM

Hashicorp Vault < 1.13.10 - Memory Leak

Title source: rule

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.

References (2)

[Vendor Advisory] https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2023-33-vault-requests-triggering-policy-checks-may-lead-to-unbounded-memory-consumption/59926

[Vendor Advisory] https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231227-0001/

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9

EPSS 0.0052

EPSS Percentile 66.4%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-401

Status published

Affected Products (3)

hashicorp/vault < 1.13.10

hashicorp/vault < 1.13.10Go

Timeline

Published Nov 09, 2023

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026