Vault Vulnerable to Denial of Service When Processing Raft Join Requests
Priority LOW 39CWE-636Published · 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: 1 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat.
Summary
Vault Community and Vault Enterprise (“Vault”) clusters using Vault’s 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. This 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.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00476 41st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Vault (HashiCorp): 1.18.1Vault Enterprise (HashiCorp): 1.18.1+2 more productsRed Hat: 1 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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HashiCorp | Vault | 1.2.0 to before 1.18.1 | 1.18.1 | Patch available | CNA |
| HashiCorp | Vault Enterprise | 1.2.0 to before 1.18.1 | 1.18.1 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | github.com/hashicorp/vault (Go) | 1.2.0 to before 1.18.1 | 1.18.1 | Patch available | GHSA-g233-2p4r-3q7v |
| — | github.com/openbao/openbao (Go) | before 2.0.3 | 2.0.3 | Patch available | GHSA-g233-2p4r-3q7v |
- Vault VendorHashiCorp Affected 1.2.0 to before 1.18.1 Fixed in 1.18.1 Patch available CNA
- Vault Enterprise VendorHashiCorp Affected 1.2.0 to before 1.18.1 Fixed in 1.18.1 Patch available CNA
- github.com/hashicorp/vault (Go) Vendor— Affected 1.2.0 to before 1.18.1 Fixed in 1.18.1 Patch available GHSA-g233-2p4r-3q7v
- github.com/openbao/openbao (Go) Vendor— Affected before 2.0.3 Fixed in 2.0.3 Patch available GHSA-g233-2p4r-3q7v
CPE configurations NVD · 5
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | 1.2.0 to before 1.16.12 | Vulnerable | HashiCorp |
| cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* | 1.2.0 to before 1.18.1 | Vulnerable | HashiCorp |
| cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | 1.17.0 to before 1.17.8 | Vulnerable | HashiCorp |
| cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:1.18.0:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | 1.18.0 | Vulnerable | HashiCorp |
| cpe:2.3:a:openbao:openbao:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 2.0.3 | Vulnerable | openbao |
- cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* Versions 1.2.0 to before 1.16.12 Vulnerable ·HashiCorp
- cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* Versions 1.2.0 to before 1.18.1 Vulnerable ·HashiCorp
- cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* Versions 1.17.0 to before 1.17.8 Vulnerable ·HashiCorp
- cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:1.18.0:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* Versions 1.18.0 Vulnerable ·HashiCorp
- cpe:2.3:a:openbao:openbao:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.0.3 Vulnerable ·openbao
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Vault (HashiCorp) Fixed in 1.18.1
- Fix · CNA Vault Enterprise (HashiCorp) Fixed in 1.18.1
- Fix · GHSA-g233-2p4r-3q7v github.com/hashicorp/vault (Go) Fixed in 1.18.1 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-g233-2p4r-3q7v github.com/openbao/openbao (Go) Fixed in 2.0.3 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Openshift Container Storage 4 | Affected | No fix yet |
Not affected: 1 product
- Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-8185
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-g233-2p4r-3q7v
References
Advisory 2
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- 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
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Sources
- CVE-2024-8185 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-8185 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-g233-2p4r-3q7v · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2024-8185 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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