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SCA: security update for github.com/hashicorp/vault (GHSA-4qhc-v8r6-8vwm)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 410343

Description

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

 - HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise inbound client requests triggering a policy check can lead to an
 unbounded consumption of memory. A large number of these requests may lead to denial-of-service. Fixed in
 Vault 1.15.2, 1.14.6, and 1.13.10. (CVE-2023-5954)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4qhc-v8r6-8vwm

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 410343

Version: Revision 1.7

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-2023-5954

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: 11/9/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/9/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-5954

cwe: CWE-401