What is CVE-2023-24999?

CVE-2023-24999 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hashicorp Vault, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2023-03-11.

How severe is CVE-2023-24999?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Hashicorp Vault

CVE-2023-24999

HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise’s approle auth method allowed any authenticated user with access to an approle destroy endpoint to destroy the secret ID of any other role by providing the secret ID accessor. This vulnerability is fixed in Vault 1.13.0, 1.12.4, 1.11.8, 1.10.11 and above.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

Published 2023-03-11 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (46.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 47th percentile — 46.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Hashicorp Vault — versions 1.12.0, 1.11.0, 0
Hashicorp Vault Enterprise — versions 1.12.0, 1.11.0, 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-863 — Incorrect Authorization

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-24999?: CVE-2023-24999 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hashicorp Vault, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2023-03-11.
How severe is CVE-2023-24999?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.