Vault's Transit Secrets Engine Allowed Nonce Specified without Convergent Encryption
Priority LOW 32CWE-323Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · None
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 2 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat.
Summary
HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise transit secrets engine allowed authorized users to specify arbitrary nonces, even with convergent encryption disabled. The encrypt endpoint, in combination with an offline attack, could be used to decrypt arbitrary ciphertext and potentially derive the authentication subkey when using transit secrets engine without convergent encryption. Introduced in 1.6.0 and fixed in 1.14.3, 1.13.7, and 1.12.11.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0044 38th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Vault (HashiCorp): 1.14.3, 1.13.7, 1.12.11Vault Enterprise (HashiCorp): 1.14.3, 1.13.7, 1.12.11+1 more productRed Hat: 2 without a fix
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HashiCorp | Vault | 1.14.0 to before 1.14.3; 1.13.0 to before 1.13.7; 1.12.0 to before 1.12.11; 1.6.0 to before 1.12.0 | 1.14.3, 1.13.7, 1.12.11 | Patch available | CNA |
| HashiCorp | Vault Enterprise | 1.14.0 to before 1.14.3; 1.13.0 to before 1.13.7; 1.12.0 to before 1.12.11; 1.6.0 to before 1.12.0 | 1.14.3, 1.13.7, 1.12.11 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | github.com/hashicorp/vault (Go) | 1.6.0 to before 1.12.11 | 1.12.11 | Patch available | GHSA-v84f-6r39-cpfc |
| — | github.com/hashicorp/vault (Go) | 1.13.0 to before 1.13.7 | 1.13.7 | Patch available | GHSA-v84f-6r39-cpfc |
| — | github.com/hashicorp/vault (Go) | 1.14.0 to before 1.14.3 | 1.14.3 | Patch available | GHSA-v84f-6r39-cpfc |
- Vault VendorHashiCorp Affected 1.14.0 to before 1.14.3; 1.13.0 to before 1.13.7; 1.12.0 to before 1.12.11; 1.6.0 to before 1.12.0 Fixed in 1.14.3, 1.13.7, 1.12.11 Patch available CNA
- Vault Enterprise VendorHashiCorp Affected 1.14.0 to before 1.14.3; 1.13.0 to before 1.13.7; 1.12.0 to before 1.12.11; 1.6.0 to before 1.12.0 Fixed in 1.14.3, 1.13.7, 1.12.11 Patch available CNA
- github.com/hashicorp/vault (Go) Vendor— Affected 1.6.0 to before 1.12.11 Fixed in 1.12.11 Patch available GHSA-v84f-6r39-cpfc
- github.com/hashicorp/vault (Go) Vendor— Affected 1.13.0 to before 1.13.7 Fixed in 1.13.7 Patch available GHSA-v84f-6r39-cpfc
- github.com/hashicorp/vault (Go) Vendor— Affected 1.14.0 to before 1.14.3 Fixed in 1.14.3 Patch available GHSA-v84f-6r39-cpfc
CPE configurations NVD · 6
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1.6.0 to before 1.12.11 | Vulnerable | HashiCorp |
| cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | 1.6.0 to before 1.12.11 | Vulnerable | HashiCorp |
| cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1.13.0 to before 1.13.7 | Vulnerable | HashiCorp |
| cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | 1.13.0 to before 1.13.7 | Vulnerable | HashiCorp |
| cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1.14.0 to before 1.14.3 | Vulnerable | HashiCorp |
| cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | 1.14.0 to before 1.14.3 | Vulnerable | HashiCorp |
- cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.6.0 to before 1.12.11 Vulnerable ·HashiCorp
- cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* Versions 1.6.0 to before 1.12.11 Vulnerable ·HashiCorp
- cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.13.0 to before 1.13.7 Vulnerable ·HashiCorp
- cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* Versions 1.13.0 to before 1.13.7 Vulnerable ·HashiCorp
- cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.14.0 to before 1.14.3 Vulnerable ·HashiCorp
- cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* Versions 1.14.0 to before 1.14.3 Vulnerable ·HashiCorp
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Vault (HashiCorp) Fixed in 1.14.3, 1.13.7, 1.12.11
- Fix · CNA Vault Enterprise (HashiCorp) Fixed in 1.14.3, 1.13.7, 1.12.11
- Fix · GHSA-v84f-6r39-cpfc github.com/hashicorp/vault (Go) Fixed in 1.12.11 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-v84f-6r39-cpfc github.com/hashicorp/vault (Go) Fixed in 1.13.7 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-v84f-6r39-cpfc github.com/hashicorp/vault (Go) Fixed in 1.14.3 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Openshift Container Storage 4 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-4680
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-v84f-6r39-cpfc
References
More HashiCorp Vault vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-01904 Vault Cert Auth Method Did Not Correctly Validate Non-CA Certificates CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-19053 An issue was discovered in HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise before 1.11.3. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2020-17874 The official vault docker images before 0.11.6 contain a blank password for a root user. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2020-10142 HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.4.0 and 1.4.1, when configured with the GCP… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-04407 Vault Vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in ACME Challenge Validation via Attacker-Controlled DNS CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
- TI-2025-05421 Arbitrary Remote Code Execution via Plugin Catalog Abuse CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
Sources
- CVE-2023-4680 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-4680 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-v84f-6r39-cpfc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2023-4680 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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