Vulnerability in Hashicorp Vault

CVE-2023-4680

HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise transit secrets engine allowed authorized users to specify arbitrary nonces, even with convergent encryption disabled. The encrypt endpoint, in combination with an offline attack, could be used to decry…

EPSS: 0.015 (81.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-4680?
CVE-2023-4680 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hashicorp Vault, classified under Reusing a Nonce, Key Pair in Encryption. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2023-09-14.
How severe is CVE-2023-4680?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-4680 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.