Medium severity · published Sep 28, 2023
CVE-2023-3775
Vault Enterprise's Sentinel RGP Policies Allowed For Cross-Namespace Denial of Service
4.9
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A Vault Enterprise Sentinel Role Governing Policy created by an operator to restrict access to resources in one namespace can be applied to requests outside in another non-descendant namespace, potentially resulting in denial of service. Fixed in Vault Enterprise 1.15.0, 1.14.4, 1.13.8.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 45% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VE
Vault Enterprise · HashiCorp
1.14.0 before 1.14.4; 1.13.0 before 1.13.8; 0.11.0 before 1.13.0 · source: vendor
VA
Vault · Hashicorp
0.11.0 before 1.13.8; 1.14.0 before 1.14.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3775
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-3775
Vendor Advisory
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2023-29-vault-enterprise-s-sentinel-rgp-policies-allowed-for-cross-namespace-denial-of-service/58653
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