CVE-2023-0690 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2023-0690

Boundary Workers Store Rotated Credentials in Plaintext Even When a Key Management Service Configured

Vulnerability Description

HashiCorp Boundary from 0.10.0 through 0.11.2 contain an issue where when using a PKI-based worker with a Key Management Service (KMS) defined in the configuration file, new credentials created after an automatic rotation may not have been encrypted via the intended KMS. This would result in the credentials being stored in plaintext on the Boundary PKI worker’s disk. This issue is fixed in version 0.12.0.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Boundary
Vulnerable Versions:
0.10.0

Timeline

Official Publish: February 8th, 2023
Last Modified: March 24th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-312

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1005 Data from Local System
Collection
T1552 Unsecured Credentials
Credential Access
T1530 Data from Cloud Storage
Collection
T1078 Valid Accounts
Persistence
T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Exfiltration