CVE-2023-5077: hashicorp vault Incorrect Privilege Assignment
CVSS: 7.6v3.1HighModified
AliasesCGA-2986-pqgj-26h9CGA-3h65-jv92-cfh7CGA-3r2j-j5f8-jjmvCGA-8q46-p4jw-jv4pCGA-g596-v7gc-cfh3CGA-rjv5-cv35-j7jwGHSA-86c6-3g63-5w64BIT-vault-2023-5077GO-2023-2088CGA-f95v-cv7p-xgm2CGA-hhr2-f2pg-4g3fCGA-j34h-g355-663mCGA-vj92-q6f3-4prx
Published 28-09-2023Last modified 26-09-2024
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2023-5077 is a high (CVSS 7.6) Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in hashicorp vault. EPSS estimates a 0.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 42.8% of scored vulnerabilities.
CVSS score
7.6/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)EPSS score
0.51%
0%100%
Low · +0.08 pp in 30 daysKEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 0 · Related 6Timeline
- 28-09-2023PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 26-09-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The Vault and Vault Enterprise ("Vault") Google Cloud secrets engine did not preserve existing Google Cloud IAM Conditions upon creating or updating rolesets. Fixed in Vault 1.13.0.
CVSS metrics
5 scores · 5 sources · 1 versionHigh 7.6Preferred score · CVE.org (CNA)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HSources5 sources · 7.5–7.6
- OSV · WolfiEcosystem advisory · calculated7.6HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · GoEcosystem advisory · calculated7.6HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · ChainguardEcosystem advisory · calculated7.6HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVDNIST7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NDiffers
EPSS trend
Probability
0.51%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
43%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.08 pp
From 0.44% on 21-09-2026
21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score0.51%
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root cause- CWE-266Incorrect Privilege AssignmentA product incorrectly assigns a privilege to a particular actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.
- CWE-732Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical ResourceThe product specifies permissions for a security-critical resource in a way that allows that resource to be read or modified by unintended actors.
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
- vault≥ 0.10.0, < 1.13.0
- vault enterprise≥ 0.10.0, < 1.13.0
Github.com/hashicorp1 product
- vault< 1.13.0
4 vendors · 11 products
References
5 links
- github.com/hashicorp/vaultPACKAGE