5.3

CVE-2023-3462: hashicorp vault Observable Discrepancy

CVSS: 5.3v3.1MediumModified
AliasesCGA-2r2x-22cw-mj4vCGA-5vp8-jccw-3xc3CGA-fqw2-rgwx-v795
Published 31-07-2023Last modified 21-10-2024

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.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.3/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.61%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 0 · Related 7

Timeline

  1. 31-07-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 21-10-2024
    Last 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

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

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.61%

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

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