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CVE-2023-3462

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  • Published2023-07-31
  • Fixed in1.14.1 · 1.13.5
  • WeaknessCWE-203

Am I affected?

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Description

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.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2023-07-3123:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTC
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  • CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2023-3462?format=csv
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Versions per branch

OSV · NVD
Hashicorp vault
BranchAffectedFixed in
1.14≥ 1.14.0, < 1.14.11.14.1
1.13≥ 1.13.0, < 1.13.51.13.5
1.13< 1.13.51.13.5
1.14= 1.14.0no fix published

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Vendor advisories

  • RHSA-2024:7922 Red Hat Product Security4 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.17.1 bug fix and security update

  • RHSA-2023:6832 Red Hat Product Security3 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation 4.14.0 security, enhancement & bug fix update

Full record on NVD

Fix

  1. Update Hashicorp vault to 1.14.1 · 1.13.5
  2. Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2024:7922 · 4 productsFor OpenShift Container Platform 4.17 see the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.17/release_notes/o…
  3. Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2023:6832 · 3 productsBefore applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub

Sources

  • CISA-ADPSSVC decisionnone2024-10-21
  • OpenCVESSVC decisionnone—
  • CNACVSS 3.15.3read 2026-10-23
  • NVDCVSS 3.15.3read 2026-10-23
  • CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-203read 2026-10-23
  • NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-203read 2026-10-23
  • FIRST EPSSEPSS score0.6 %2026-10-22
  • OSVaffected packages—

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Published
2023-07-31
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-3462?

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.

Is CVE-2023-3462 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2023-3462 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 0.6% on 2026-10-22, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-3462?

CVE-2023-3462 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 (MEDIUM severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

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