CVE-2024-8185

{"id": "CVE-2024-8185", "cveTags": [], "metrics": {"cvssMetricV31": [{"type": "Secondary", "source": "security@hashicorp.com", "cvssData": {"scope": "UNCHANGED", "version": "3.1", "baseScore": 7.5, "attackVector": "NETWORK", "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "userInteraction": "NONE", "attackComplexity": "LOW", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "NONE", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE"}, "impactScore": 3.6, "exploitabilityScore": 3.9}]}, "published": "2024-10-31T16:15:06.267", "references": [{"url": "https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2024-26-vault-vulnerable-to-denial-of-service-through-memory-exhaustion-when-processing-raft-cluster-join-requests/71047", "source": "security@hashicorp.com"}], "vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis", "weaknesses": [{"type": "Secondary", "source": "security@hashicorp.com", "description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-636"}]}], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "Vault Community and Vault Enterprise (\u201cVault\u201d) clusters using Vault\u2019s Integrated Storage backend are vulnerable to a denial-of-service (DoS) attack through memory exhaustion through a Raft cluster join API endpoint . An attacker may send a large volume of requests to the endpoint which may cause Vault to consume excessive system memory resources, potentially leading to a crash of the underlying system and the Vault process itself.\n\nThis vulnerability, CVE-2024-8185, is fixed in Vault Community 1.18.1 and Vault Enterprise 1.18.1, 1.17.8, and 1.16.12."}], "lastModified": "2024-11-01T12:57:03.417", "sourceIdentifier": "security@hashicorp.com"}