CVE-2023-6337
HashiCorp Vault HTTP Request Denial of Service (DoS)
Description
HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.12.0 and newer are vulnerable to a denial of service through memory exhaustion of the host when handling large unauthenticated and authenticated HTTP requests from a client. Vault will attempt to map the request to memory, resulting in the exhaustion of available memory on the host, which may cause Vault to crash. Fixed in Vault 1.15.4, 1.14.8, 1.13.12.
INFO
Published Date :
Dec. 8, 2023, 10:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Jan. 12, 2024, 2:15 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2023-6337 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 12, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference HashiCorp Inc. https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240112-0006/ [No types assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Dec. 13, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Changed Reference Type https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2023-34-vault-vulnerable-to-denial-of-service-through-memory-exhaustion-when-handling-large-http-requests/60741 No Types Assigned https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2023-34-vault-vulnerable-to-denial-of-service-through-memory-exhaustion-when-handling-large-http-requests/60741 Vendor Advisory Added CWE NIST CWE-770 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.12.0 *cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.12.0 *cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.13.0 up to (excluding) 1.13.12 *cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.13.0 up to (excluding) 1.13.12 *cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.14.0 up to (excluding) 1.14.8 *cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.14.0 up to (excluding) 1.14.8 *cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.15.0 up to (excluding) 1.15.4 *cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.15.0 up to (excluding) 1.15.4 -
CVE Received by [email protected]
Dec. 08, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.12.0 and newer are vulnerable to a denial of service through memory exhaustion of the host when handling large unauthenticated and authenticated HTTP requests from a client. Vault will attempt to map the request to memory, resulting in the exhaustion of available memory on the host, which may cause Vault to crash. Fixed in Vault 1.15.4, 1.14.8, 1.13.12. Added Reference HashiCorp Inc. https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2023-34-vault-vulnerable-to-denial-of-service-through-memory-exhaustion-when-handling-large-http-requests/60741 [No types assigned] Added CWE HashiCorp Inc. CWE-770 Added CVSS V3.1 HashiCorp Inc. AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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0.06 }} 0.01%
score
0.24089
percentile