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TI-2024-06001 Aliases CVE-2024-6468GHSA-2qmw-pvf7-4mw6

Vault Vulnerable to Denial of Service When Setting a Proxy Protocol Behavior

Priority LOW 39CWE-703Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 3 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat.

Summary

Vault and Vault Enterprise did not properly handle requests originating from unauthorized IP addresses when the TCP listener option, proxy_protocol_behavior, was set to deny_unauthorized. When receiving a request from a source IP address that was not listed in proxy_protocol_authorized_addrs, the Vault API server would shut down and no longer respond to any HTTP requests, potentially resulting in denial of service. While this bug also affected versions of Vault up to 1.17.1 and 1.16.5, a separate regression in those release series did not allow Vault operators to configure the deny_unauthorized option, thus not allowing the conditions for the denial of service to occur. Fixed in Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.17.2, 1.16.6, and 1.15.12.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00491 42nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Vault (HashiCorp): 1.15.11Vault Enterprise (HashiCorp): 1.15.11+1 more productRed Hat: 3 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
HashiCorpVault1.10.0 to before 1.15.111.15.11Patch availableCNA
HashiCorpVault Enterprise1.10.0 to before 1.15.111.15.11Patch availableCNA
—github.com/hashicorp/vault (Go)1.10.0 to before 1.15.121.15.12Patch availableGHSA-2qmw-pvf7-4mw6
—github.com/hashicorp/vault (Go)1.16.0-rc1 to before 1.16.31.16.3Patch availableGHSA-2qmw-pvf7-4mw6
—github.com/hashicorp/vault (Go)1.17.0-rc1 to before 1.17.21.17.2Patch availableGHSA-2qmw-pvf7-4mw6
  • Vault VendorHashiCorp Affected 1.10.0 to before 1.15.11 Fixed in 1.15.11 Patch available CNA
  • Vault Enterprise VendorHashiCorp Affected 1.10.0 to before 1.15.11 Fixed in 1.15.11 Patch available CNA
  • github.com/hashicorp/vault (Go) Vendor— Affected 1.10.0 to before 1.15.12 Fixed in 1.15.12 Patch available GHSA-2qmw-pvf7-4mw6
  • github.com/hashicorp/vault (Go) Vendor— Affected 1.16.0-rc1 to before 1.16.3 Fixed in 1.16.3 Patch available GHSA-2qmw-pvf7-4mw6
  • github.com/hashicorp/vault (Go) Vendor— Affected 1.17.0-rc1 to before 1.17.2 Fixed in 1.17.2 Patch available GHSA-2qmw-pvf7-4mw6

CPE configurations NVD · 6

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*1.10.0 to before 1.15.12VulnerableHashiCorp
cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*1.10.0 to before 1.15.12VulnerableHashiCorp
cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*1.16.0 to before 1.16.6VulnerableHashiCorp
cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*1.16.0 to before 1.16.6VulnerableHashiCorp
cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*1.17.0 to before 1.17.2VulnerableHashiCorp
cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*1.17.0 to before 1.17.2VulnerableHashiCorp
  • cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* Versions 1.10.0 to before 1.15.12 Vulnerable ·HashiCorp
  • cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* Versions 1.10.0 to before 1.15.12 Vulnerable ·HashiCorp
  • cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* Versions 1.16.0 to before 1.16.6 Vulnerable ·HashiCorp
  • cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* Versions 1.16.0 to before 1.16.6 Vulnerable ·HashiCorp
  • cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* Versions 1.17.0 to before 1.17.2 Vulnerable ·HashiCorp
  • cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* Versions 1.17.0 to before 1.17.2 Vulnerable ·HashiCorp

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Vault (HashiCorp) Fixed in 1.15.11
  • Fix · CNA Vault Enterprise (HashiCorp) Fixed in 1.15.11
  • Fix · GHSA-2qmw-pvf7-4mw6 github.com/hashicorp/vault (Go) Fixed in 1.15.12 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-2qmw-pvf7-4mw6 github.com/hashicorp/vault (Go) Fixed in 1.16.3 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-2qmw-pvf7-4mw6 github.com/hashicorp/vault (Go) Fixed in 1.17.2 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Openshift Container Storage 4AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Trusted Application PipelineAffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-6468
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2qmw-pvf7-4mw6

References

Advisory 3

Other 1

  • 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
See all 71 →

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