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SCA: security update for github.com/hashicorp/vault (GHSA-2qmw-pvf7-4mw6)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 409048

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Vault and Vault Enterprise did not properly handle requests originating from unauthorized IP addresses
 when the TCP listener option, proxy_protocol_behavior, was set to deny_unauthorized. When receiving a
 request from a source IP address that was not listed in proxy_protocol_authorized_addrs, the Vault API
 server would shut down and no longer respond to any HTTP requests, potentially resulting in denial of
 service. While this bug also affected versions of Vault up to 1.17.1 and 1.16.5, a separate regression in
 those release series did not allow Vault operators to configure the deny_unauthorized option, thus not
 allowing the conditions for the denial of service to occur. Fixed in Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.17.2,
 1.16.6, and 1.15.12. (CVE-2024-6468)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2qmw-pvf7-4mw6

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 409048

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.51

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-6468

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/11/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/11/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-6468

cwe: CWE-703