CVE-2023-3774 Vault Enterprise Namespace Creation May Lead to Denial of Service
An unhandled error in Vault Enterprise namespace creation can crash the process, causing denial of service for administrators.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2023-3774?
CVE-2023-3774 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Hashicorp Vault, published on 28 Jul 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-3774?
1 open source package ship an affected version, including vault. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
vault Bitnami | From 1.12.8 | 1.12.9, 1.13.5, 1.14.1 |
Products include Hashicorp Vault.
How do I fix CVE-2023-3774?
Upgrade vault to a fixed version for your release line: 1.12.9, 1.13.5 or 1.14.1.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2023-3774 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-3774 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Hashicorp Vault
Sources
Also known as BIT-vault-2023-3774, GHSA-7j85-mwfj-2gr8.