CVE-2020-13223
Information Disclosure in HashiCorp Vault
HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise logged proxy environment variables that potentially included sensitive credentials. Fixed in 1.3.6 and 1.4.2.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise logged proxy environment variables that potentially included sensitive credentials. Fixed in 1.3.6 and 1.4.2.
- Record
CVE-2020-13223- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-532
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise logged proxy environment variables that potentially included sensitive credentials. Fixed in 1.3.6 and 1.4.2.
- Record
CVE-2020-13223- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-0895 No score
HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise logged proxy environment variables that potentially included sensitive credentials. Fixed in 1.3.6 and 1.4.2.
- Record
EUVD-2021-0895- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-25xj-89g5-fm6h
Information Disclosure in HashiCorp Vault
HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise before 1.3.6, and 1.4.2 before 1.4.2, insert Sensitive Information into a Log File. The vulnerability is affecting github.com/hashicorp/vault/command Go package.
- Record
GHSA-25xj-89g5-fm6h- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200, CWE-532
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2020-13223
HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise logged proxy environment variables that potentially included sensitive credentials. Fixed in 1.3.6 and 1.4.2.
- Record
ALPINE-CVE-2020-13223- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
OSV
HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise logged proxy environment variables that potentially included sensitive credentials. Fixed in 1.3.6 and 1.4.2.
- Record
CVE-2020-13223- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-25xj-89g5-fm6h
Information Disclosure in HashiCorp Vault
HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise before 1.3.6, and 1.4.2 before 1.4.2, insert Sensitive Information into a Log File. The vulnerability is affecting github.com/hashicorp/vault/command Go package.
- Record
GHSA-25xj-89g5-fm6h- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200, CWE-532
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVBIT-vault-2020-13223 No score
HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise logged proxy environment variables that potentially included sensitive credentials. Fixed in 1.3.6 and 1.4.2.
- Record
BIT-vault-2020-13223- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGO-2022-0778 No score
Information Disclosure in HashiCorp Vault in github.com/hashicorp/vault
Information Disclosure in HashiCorp Vault in github.com/hashicorp/vault
- Record
GO-2022-0778- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
github.com/hashicorp/vaultGo |
1.3.0 up to 1.3.6 | 1.3.6 |
github.com/hashicorp/vaultGo |
1.4.0 up to 1.4.2 | 1.4.2 |
vaultAlpine:v3.12 |
1.4.0 up to 1.4.3-r0 | 1.4.3-r0 |
vaultAlpine:v3.13 |
1.4.0 up to 1.4.3-r0 | 1.4.3-r0 |
vaultAlpine:v3.14 |
1.4.0 up to 1.4.3-r0 | 1.4.3-r0 |
vaultAlpine:v3.15 |
1.4.0 up to 1.4.3-r0 | 1.4.3-r0 |
vaultAlpine:v3.16 |
1.4.0 up to 1.4.3-r0 | 1.4.3-r0 |
vaultAlpine:v3.17 |
1.4.0 up to 1.4.3-r0 | 1.4.3-r0 |
vaultAlpine:v3.18 |
1.4.0 up to 1.4.3-r0 | 1.4.3-r0 |
vaultBitnami |
before 1.3.6, 1.4.0 up to 1.4.2 | 1.3.61.4.2 |
github.com/hashicorp/vaultGo |
1.3.0 up to 1.3.6, 1.4.0 up to 1.4.2 | 1.3.61.4.2 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, aliases, references | OSV | |
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-13223 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Hashicorp Vault, published June 10, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.26%, the 69th percentile. Fixed in github.com/hashicorp/vault 1.3.6.
References
hashicorp.com/blog/category/vault
github.com/hashicorp/vault/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13223
security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2020-13223