What is CVE-2023-3462?

CVE-2023-3462 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hashicorp Vault, classified under Observable Discrepancy. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2023-07-31.

How severe is CVE-2023-3462?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Hashicorp Vault

CVE-2023-3462

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.

EPSS: 0.006 (45.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Hashicorp Vault — versions 1.13.0, 1.14.0
Hashicorp Vault Enterprise — versions 1.13.0, 1.14.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-203 — Observable Discrepancy

References

security@hashicorp.com (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-3462?: CVE-2023-3462 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hashicorp Vault, classified under Observable Discrepancy. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2023-07-31.
How severe is CVE-2023-3462?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.