CVE-2023-5954 (GCVE-0-2023-5954)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-11-09 20:13 – Updated: 2025-02-13 17:25
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Vault Requests Triggering Policy Checks May Lead To Unbounded Memory Consumption
Summary
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.
Severity
5.9 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-401 - Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
Assigner
References
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HashiCorp | Vault |
Affected:
1.15.0
Affected: 1.15.1 Affected: 1.14.3 Affected: 1.14.4 Affected: 1.14.5 Affected: 1.13.7 Affected: 1.13.8 Affected: 1.13.9 |
guessed | |
| HashiCorp | Vault Enterprise |
Affected:
1.15.0
Affected: 1.15.1 Affected: 1.14.3 Affected: 1.14.4 Affected: 1.14.5 Affected: 1.13.7 Affected: 1.13.8 Affected: 1.13.9 |
guessed |
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