Boundary Vulnerable to Session Hijacking Through TLS Certificate Tampering
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Spoofing
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-295.
Summary
Boundary and Boundary Enterprise (“Boundary”) is vulnerable to session hijacking through TLS certificate tampering. An attacker with privileges to enumerate active or pending sessions, obtain a private key pertaining to a session, and obtain a valid trust on first use (TOFU) token may craft a TLS certificate to hijack an active session and gain access to the underlying service or application.
Why it matters now
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 | Boundary | 0.8.0 to before 0.15.0 | 0.15.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| HashiCorp | Boundary Enterprise | 0.8.0 to before 0.15.0 | 0.15.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | github.com/hashicorp/boundary (Go) | 0.8.0 to before 0.15.0 | 0.15.0 | Patch available | GHSA-vh73-q3rw-qx7w |
- Boundary VendorHashiCorp Affected 0.8.0 to before 0.15.0 Fixed in 0.15.0 Patch available CNA
- Boundary Enterprise VendorHashiCorp Affected 0.8.0 to before 0.15.0 Fixed in 0.15.0 Patch available CNA
- github.com/hashicorp/boundary (Go) Vendor— Affected 0.8.0 to before 0.15.0 Fixed in 0.15.0 Patch available GHSA-vh73-q3rw-qx7w
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Boundary (HashiCorp) Fixed in 0.15.0
- Fix · CNA Boundary Enterprise (HashiCorp) Fixed in 0.15.0
- Fix · GHSA-vh73-q3rw-qx7w github.com/hashicorp/boundary (Go) Fixed in 0.15.0 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-1052
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vh73-q3rw-qx7w
References
More HashiCorp Boundary vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-16552 HashiCorp Boundary up to 0.10.1 did not properly perform data integrity checks to ensure… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
- TI-2023-00652 Boundary Workers Store Rotated Credentials in Plaintext Even When a Key Management Service Configured CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
- TI-2022-16583 Hashicorp Boundary v0.8.0 is vulnerable to Clickjacking which allow for the interception… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2024-11399 Boundary Controller Incorrectly Handles HTTP Requests On Initialization Which May Lead to a Denial of Service CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.9
Sources
- CVE-2024-1052 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-1052 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vh73-q3rw-qx7w · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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