CVE-2023-2197

Published: May 1, 2023Modified: Jun 17, 2026

2.5

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Exploitability: 1.0 / Impact: 1.4

Source: NVD

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

Affected (1)

Products: Hashicorp: Vault

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Hashicorp Vault	From 1.13.0 to 1.13.2

Related CWEs

Inadequate Encryption Strength

The product stores or transmits sensitive data using an encryption scheme that is theoretically sound, but is not strong enough for the level of protection required.

References (4)

https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2023-14-vault-enterprise-vulnerable-to-padding-oracle-attacks-when-using-a-cbc-based-encryption-mechanism-with-a-hsm/53322

Source: security@hashicorp.com

MitigationVendor Advisory

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230609-0007/

Source: security@hashicorp.com

https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2023-14-vault-enterprise-vulnerable-to-padding-oracle-attacks-when-using-a-cbc-based-encryption-mechanism-with-a-hsm/53322

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

MitigationVendor Advisory

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230609-0007/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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