{"cve":"CVE-2023-5954","nvd":{"published":"2023-11-09T21:15:25.143","modified":"2026-06-17T06:49:44.130","status":"Modified","description":"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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":7.5},"cwes":["CWE-401"],"references":["https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2023-33-vault-requests-triggering-policy-checks-may-lead-to-unbounded-memory-consumption/59926","https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231227-0001/","https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2023-33-vault-requests-triggering-policy-checks-may-lead-to-unbounded-memory-consumption/59926","https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231227-0001/"],"products":["hashicorp:vault"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:42:07.670898610+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-5954","score":0.00719,"percentile":0.53919,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-4qhc-v8r6-8vwm","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-4qhc-v8r6-8vwm","summary":"HashiCorp Vault Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime vulnerability","modified":"2026-09-10T03:50:04.037645183Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/hashicorp/vault","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/hashicorp/vault","ranges":["<1.13.10"],"fixed":["1.13.10"]},{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/hashicorp/vault","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/hashicorp/vault","ranges":[">=1.14.0 <1.14.6"],"fixed":["1.14.6"]},{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/hashicorp/vault","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/hashicorp/vault","ranges":[">=1.15.0 <1.15.2"],"fixed":["1.15.2"]}]},{"id":"GO-2023-2329","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GO-2023-2329","summary":"HashiCorp Vault Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in github.com/hashicorp/vault","modified":"2026-02-04T03:33:38.137053Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/hashicorp/vault","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/hashicorp/vault","ranges":["<1.13.10",">=1.14.0 <1.14.6",">=1.15.0 <1.15.2"],"fixed":["1.13.10","1.14.6","1.15.2"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}