2.5

CVE-2023-2197: hashicorp vault Inadequate Encryption Strength

CVSS: 2.5v3.1LowModified
Published 01-05-2023Last modified 13-02-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-2197 is a low (CVSS 2.5) Inadequate Encryption Strength vulnerability in hashicorp vault. EPSS estimates a 0.09% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 0.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
10/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
2.5/10
010
Low · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.09%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 01-05-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 13-02-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.09%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

0%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.09% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.09%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Hashicorp2 products

1 vendor · 2 products

References

2 links