CVE-2023-3774

Vault Enterprise Namespace Creation May Lead to Denial of Service

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Published Jul 28, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 4.9 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

An unhandled error in Vault Enterprise's namespace creation may cause the Vault process to crash, potentially resulting in denial of service. Fixed in 1.14.1, 1.13.5, and 1.12.9.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

HashiCorp

Vault Enterprise

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`1.14.0`	affected	—
`1.13.4`	affected	—
`1.12.8`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:1.12.8::::enterprise:::
	cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:1.13.4::::enterprise:::
	cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:1.14.0::::enterprise:::

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-44407	An unhandled error in Vault Enterprise's namespace creation may cause the Vault process to crash, potentially resulting in denial of service. Fixed in 1.14.1, 1.13.5, and 1.12.9.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.693% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2023-23-vault-enterprise-namespace-creation-may-lead-to-denial-of-service/56617

History

Oct 22, 2024 7:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Sep 26, 2024 10:30 PM Weaknesses updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses	CWE-703

Sep 26, 2024 10:00 PM Weaknesses updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-248

Subscriptions

Hashicorp Vault

Weaknesses

Sources

CVE record Updated: Oct 22, 2024, 6:22 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: HashiCorp
Published: Jul 28, 2023, 12:45 AM
Updated: Oct 22, 2024, 6:22 PM
Reserved: Jul 19, 2023, 2:24 PM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 7:08 AM

Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 7:08 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 6:14 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Jul 28, 2023, 1:15 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 6:14 AM

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