CVE-2023-6337

Vault May be Vulnerable to a Denial of Service Through Memory Exhaustion When Handling Large HTTP Requests

Published Dec 8, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-3128 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-6p62-6cg9-f5f5 Memory exhaustion in HashiCorp Vault
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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. 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.
Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
HashiCorp
Published
Updated
Feb 13, 2025, 5:26 PM
Reserved
Nov 27, 2023, 6:55 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 8, 2023, 10:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 6:50 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Dec 8, 2023, 12:00 AM