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CVE-2023-0665 (GCVE-0-2023-0665)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-03-30 00:21 – Updated: 2025-02-13 16:39
VLAI
Title
Vault PKI Issuer Endpoint Did Not Correctly Authorize Access to Issuer Metadata
Summary
HashiCorp Vault's PKI mount issuer endpoints did not correctly authorize access to remove an issuer or modify issuer metadata, potentially resulting in denial of service of the PKI mount. This bug did not affect public or private key material, trust chains or certificate issuance. Fixed in Vault 1.13.1, 1.12.5, and 1.11.9.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-02-12 15:00 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
HashiCorp Vault Affected: 1.13.0 , < 1.13.1 (semver)
Affected: 1.12.0 , < 1.12.5 (semver)
Affected: 1.11.0 , < 1.11.9 (semver)
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HashiCorp Vault Enterprise Affected: 1.13.0 , < 1.13.1 (semver)
Affected: 1.12.0 , < 1.12.5 (semver)
Affected: 1.11.0 , < 1.11.9 (semver)
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