Inadequate Encryption Strength Affecting vault package, versions <1.13.2-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.04% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE318-VAULT-5517672
  • published10 May 2023
  • disclosed1 May 2023

Introduced: 1 May 2023

CVE-2023-2197  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-326  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.18 vault to version 1.13.2-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream vault package and not the vault package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.18 relevant fixed versions and status.

HashiCorp Vault Enterprise 1.13.0 up to 1.13.1 is vulnerable to a padding oracle attack when using an HSM in conjunction with the CKM_AES_CBC_PAD or CKM_AES_CBC encryption mechanisms. An attacker with privileges to modify storage and restart Vault may be able to intercept or modify cipher text in order to derive Vault’s root key. Fixed in 1.13.2

CVSS Scores

version 3.1