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CVE-2023-5954

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Date: November 9, 2023

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.

Language: Go

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Related Resources (7)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5954
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231227-0001
https://github.com/hashicorp/vault
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4qhc-v8r6-8vwm
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2023-33-vault-requests-triggering-policy-checks-may-lead-to-unbounded-memory-consumption/59926
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231227-0001/
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2023-5954

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

CWE-401

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): HIGH

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