GHSA-4qhc-v8r6-8vwm

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    GHSA-4qhc-v8r6-8vwm

    Published: 9 Nov 2023Last Modified: 10 Sept 2026

    Summary: HashiCorp Vault Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime vulnerability

    Details: HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise inbound client requests triggering a policy check can lead to an unbounded consumption of memory. A large number of these requests may lead to denial-of-service. Fixed in Vault 1.15.2, 1.14.6, and 1.13.10.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5954, https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2023-33-vault-requests-triggering-policy-checks-may-lead-to-unbounded-memory-consumption/59926, https://github.com/hashicorp/vault, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231227-0001

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: github.com/hashicorp/vault

    Purl: pkg:golang/github.com/hashicorp/vault

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.13.10

    Affected versions

    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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