CVE-2023-3462
mediumpriority · track · 21EPSS 0.006 · 49 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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weaknesses
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affected products (15)
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advisories (4)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- WID-SEC-W-2023-1928Hashicorp Vault: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Offenlegung von InformationenDeutsch2023-07-31csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Hashicorp Vault ausnutzen, um Informationen offenzulegen.
- GHSA-9v3w-w2jh-4hffHashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise vulnerable to user enumeration2023-08-01ghsa · osvUS
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.
- BIT-vault-2023-3462Vault's LDAP Auth Method Allows for User Enumeration2024-03-06vendor · osvUS
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.
- GO-2023-1986HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise vulnerable to user enumeration in github.com/hashicorp/vault2024-08-20vendor · osvUS
HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise vulnerable to user enumeration in github.com/hashicorp/vault
also known as (6)
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- CNNVD-202307-2326cnnvd
- EUVD-2023-2263enisa_euvd
- GHSA-9v3w-w2jh-4hffenisa_euvd
- BIT-vault-2023-3462osv
- GHSA-9v3w-w2jh-4hffosv
- GO-2023-1986osv
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references (6)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2023-3462cnnvd
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2023-3462/cnnvd
- https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2023-24-vaults-ldap-auth-method-allows-for-user-enumeration/56714cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2023.6625cnnvd
- https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2023-24-vaults-ldap-auth-method-allows-for-user-enumeration/56714enisa_euvd
- https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2023-24-vaults-ldap-auth-method-allows-for-user-enumeration/56714Vendor Advisorynvd
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