HashiCorp Vault Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime vulnerability
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Affected versions
0 → fixed in 1.13.101.14.0 → fixed in 1.14.61.15.0 → fixed in 1.15.2
Details
HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise inbound client requests triggering a policy check can lead to an unbounded consumption of memory. A large number of these requests may lead to denial-of-service. Fixed in Vault 1.15.2, 1.14.6, and 1.13.10.
The fix
No fix commit could be resolved for this advisory (it may reference an issue tracker or a non-GitHub patch). See the references below.