CVE-2023-5954: HashiCorp Vault Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime vulnerability

November 9, 2023 (updated November 10, 2023)

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

discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2023-33-vault-requests-triggering-policy-checks-may-lead-to-unbounded-memory-consumption/59926
github.com/advisories/GHSA-4qhc-v8r6-8vwm
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5954

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