CVE-2023-3462: hashicorp vault Observable Discrepancy
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2023-3462 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) Observable Discrepancy vulnerability in hashicorp vault. EPSS estimates a 0.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48.6% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 0 · Related 7Timeline
- 31-07-2023PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 21-10-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
HashiCorp's Vault and Vault Enterprise are vulnerable to user enumeration when using the LDAP auth method. An attacker may submit requests of existent and non-existent LDAP users and observe the response from Vault to check if the account is valid on the LDAP server. This vulnerability is fixed in Vault 1.14.1 and 1.13.5.
CVSS metrics
5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version- OSV · WolfiEcosystem advisory · calculated5.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- OSV · GoEcosystem advisory · calculated5.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- OSV · ChainguardEcosystem advisory · calculated5.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- NVDNIST5.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
0.61%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
49%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.61% on 21-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Chainguard5 products
- k3d< 5.6.0-r11
- k3d-proxy< 5.6.0-r11
- k3d-tools< 5.6.0-r11
- vault-1.16All versions (No fix recorded)
- vault-1.16-compatAll versions (No fix recorded)
Wolfi3 products
- k3d< 5.6.0-r11
- k3d-proxy< 5.6.0-r11
- k3d-tools< 5.6.0-r11
Hashicorp2 products
- vaultEOL≥ 1.13.0, ≤ 1.13.4 | ≥ 1.13.0, < 1.13.5 | 1.14.0
- vault enterprise≥ 1.13.0, ≤ 1.13.4 | 1.14.0
Github.com/hashicorp1 product
- vault< 1.13.5 | ≥ 1.14.0, < 1.14.1
4 vendors · 11 products
References
5 links- github.com/hashicorp/vaultPACKAGE