CVE-2023-2197

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    CVE-2023-2197

    Published: 1 May 2023Last Modified: 12 Aug 2026

    Summary: Vault Enterprise Vulnerable to Padding Oracle Attacks When Using a CBC-based Encryption Mechanism with a HSM

    Details: HashiCorp Vault Enterprise 1.13.0 up to 1.13.1 is vulnerable to a padding oracle attack when using an HSM in conjunction with the CKM_AES_CBC_PAD or CKM_AES_CBC encryption mechanisms. An attacker with privileges to modify storage and restart Vault may be able to intercept or modify cipher text in order to derive Vault’s root key. Fixed in 1.13.2

    References: https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2023-14-vault-enterprise-vulnerable-to-padding-oracle-attacks-when-using-a-cbc-based-encryption-mechanism-with-a-hsm/53322, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/2xxx/CVE-2023-2197.json, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2197, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230609-0007/

    Affected packages

    Package

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- a4cf0dc4437de35fce4860857b64569d092a9b5a
    Fixed -b9b773f1628260423e6cc9745531fd903cae853f

    Affected versions

    v1.13.1
    v1.13.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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