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CVE-2023-6337

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Published: Dec 8, 2023Modified: Jun 17, 2026

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7.5
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 3.6
Source: NVD

Description

HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.12.0 and newer are vulnerable to a denial of service through memory exhaustion of the host when handling large unauthenticated and authenticated HTTP requests from a client. Vault will attempt to map the request to memory, resulting in the exhaustion of available memory on the host, which may cause Vault to crash. Fixed in Vault 1.15.4, 1.14.8, 1.13.12.

Affected (8)

Products: Hashicorp: Vault
Hashicorp
1 product
Vault
Configuration A
8 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Hashicorp
Vault
Up to 1.12.0
Vault
From 1.13.0 to 1.13.12
Vault
From 1.14.0 to 1.14.8
Vault
From 1.15.0 to 1.15.4
Vault
Up to 1.12.0
Vault
From 1.13.0 to 1.13.12
Vault
From 1.14.0 to 1.14.8
Vault
From 1.15.0 to 1.15.4

Related CWEs

CWE-770
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor.

References (4)

Source: security@hashicorp.com
Vendor Advisory
Source: security@hashicorp.com
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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