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CVE-2023-2197

Vault Enterprise Vulnerable to Padding Oracle Attacks When Using a CBC-based Encryption Mechanism with a HSM

2.5 LowFix available

HashiCorp Vault Enterprise 1.13.0 up to 1.13.1 is vulnerable to a padding oracle attack when using an HSM in conjunction with the CKM_AES_CBC_PAD or CKM_AES_CBC encryption mechanisms. An attacker with privileges to modify storage and restart Vault may be able to intercept or modify cipher text in order to derive Vault’s root key. Fixed in 1.13.2

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges needed
High
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

0.09%Unchanged since May 2, 2023
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 2.5

Vault Enterprise Vulnerable to Padding Oracle Attacks When Using a CBC-based Encryption Mechanism with a HSM

HashiCorp Vault Enterprise 1.13.0 up to 1.13.1 is vulnerable to a padding oracle attack when using an HSM in conjunction with the CKM_AES_CBC_PAD or CKM_AES_CBC encryption mechanisms. An attacker with privileges to modify storage and restart Vault may be able to intercept or modify cipher text in order to derive Vault’s root key. Fixed in 1.13.2

Record
CVE-2023-2197
CVSS 3.1
2.5 LowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS 3.1
2.5 LowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-326, CWE-326
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-33710 2.5

HashiCorp Vault Enterprise 1.13.0 up to 1.13.1 is vulnerable to a padding oracle attack when using an HSM in conjunction with the CKM_AES_CBC_PAD or CKM_AES_CBC encryption mechanisms. An attacker with privileges to modify storage and restart Vault may be able to intercept or modify cipher text in order to derive Vault’s root key. Fixed in 1.13.2

Record
EUVD-2023-33710
CVSS 3.1
2.5 LowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-33j2-92xf-fwm3 2.5

HashiCorp Vault Enterprise 1.13.0 up to 1.13.1 is vulnerable to a padding oracle attack when...

HashiCorp Vault Enterprise 1.13.0 up to 1.13.1 is vulnerable to a padding oracle attack when using an HSM in conjunction with the CKM_AES_CBC_PAD or CKM_AES_CBC encryption mechanisms. An attacker with privileges to modify storage and restart Vault may be able to intercept or modify cipher text in order to derive Vault’s root key. Fixed in 1.13.2

Record
GHSA-33j2-92xf-fwm3
CVSS 3.1
2.5 LowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-326
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 2.5

HashiCorp Vault Enterprise 1.13.0 up to 1.13.1 is vulnerable to a padding oracle attack when using an HSM in conjunction with the CKM_AES_CBC_PAD or CKM_AES_CBC encryption mechanisms. An attacker with privileges to modify storage and restart Vault may be able to intercept or modify cipher text in order to derive Vault’s root key. Fixed in 1.13.2

Record
CVE-2023-2197
CVSS 3.1
2.5 LowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS 3.1
2.5 LowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS 3.1
2.5 LowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-326
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2023-2197 2.5

HashiCorp Vault Enterprise 1.13.0 up to 1.13.1 is vulnerable to a padding oracle attack when using an HSM in conjunction with the CKM_AES_CBC_PAD or CKM_AES_CBC encryption mechanisms. An attacker with privileges to modify storage and restart Vault may be able to intercept or modify cipher text in order to derive Vault’s root key. Fixed in 1.13.2

Record
ALPINE-CVE-2023-2197
CVSS 3.1
2.5 LowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Updated
2026-11-03
OSV 2.5

Vault Enterprise Vulnerable to Padding Oracle Attacks When Using a CBC-based Encryption Mechanism with a HSM

HashiCorp Vault Enterprise 1.13.0 up to 1.13.1 is vulnerable to a padding oracle attack when using an HSM in conjunction with the CKM_AES_CBC_PAD or CKM_AES_CBC encryption mechanisms. An attacker with privileges to modify storage and restart Vault may be able to intercept or modify cipher text in order to derive Vault’s root key. Fixed in 1.13.2

Record
CVE-2023-2197
CVSS 3.1
2.5 LowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-326
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVBIT-vault-2023-2197 No score

Vault Enterprise Vulnerable to Padding Oracle Attacks When Using a CBC-based Encryption Mechanism with a HSM

HashiCorp Vault Enterprise 1.13.0 up to 1.13.1 is vulnerable to a padding oracle attack when using an HSM in conjunction with the CKM_AES_CBC_PAD or CKM_AES_CBC encryption mechanisms. An attacker with privileges to modify storage and restart Vault may be able to intercept or modify cipher text in order to derive Vault’s root key. Fixed in 1.13.2

Record
BIT-vault-2023-2197
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
vault
Alpine:v3.18
 1.13.0 up to 1.13.2-r0
1.13.2-r0
vault
Bitnami
 1.13.0 up to 1.13.2
1.13.2

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, aliases, referencesOSV
aliases, publishedEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2023-2197 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 2.5) in Hashicorp Vault, published May 1, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.09%, the 0th percentile. Fixed in vault 1.13.2-r0.

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