Access Restriction Bypass Affecting github.com/hashicorp/vault/builtin/logical/transit package, versions >=1.6.0 <1.12.11>=1.13.0-rc1 <1.13.7>=1.14.0-rc1 <1.14.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.52% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMHASHICORPVAULTBUILTINLOGICALTRANSIT-5903339
  • published15 Sept 2023
  • disclosed15 Sept 2023
  • creditRob Zimmerman, Sze Chuen Tan

Introduced: 15 Sep 2023

CVE-2023-4680  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade github.com/hashicorp/vault/builtin/logical/transit to version 1.12.11, 1.13.7, 1.14.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Restriction Bypass via the transit secrets engine, allowing an attacker to decrypt arbitrary ciphertext and potentially derive the authentication subkey by using an offline attack.

Note: This is only exploitable if the convergent encryption is disabled.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1