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Status published
Medium
CVE-2023-5954
Vault Requests Triggering Policy Checks May Lead To Unbounded Memory Consumption
Vulnerability 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.
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
HashiCorp
View all reports →Affected Software
Vault, Vault Enterprise
Vulnerable Versions:
1.15.0, 1.15.1, 1.14.3, 1.14.4, 1.14.5, 1.13.7, 1.13.8, 1.13.9
Timeline
Official Publish:
November 9th, 2023
Last Modified:
February 13th, 2025
Added to House:
July 22nd, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H