CVE-2023-24999
CWE-863Published: March 11, 2023· Updated: Jun 17, 2026
Official Description
HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise’s approle auth method allowed any authenticated user with access to an approle destroy endpoint to destroy the secret ID of any other role by providing the secret ID accessor. This vulnerability is fixed in Vault 1.13.0, 1.12.4, 1.11.8, 1.10.11 and above.
Technical Analysis
CVE-2023-24999 can be exploited remotely over the network without requiring physical or adjacent access, significantly expanding the attack surface for threat actors.
Exploitation requires low privileges, which limits the exposure to scenarios where an attacker has already gained initial access.
A successful exploit results in full integrity compromise (data manipulation), availability disruption (denial of service), with a CVSS base score of 8.1.
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Recommended Actions
- →Apply vendor patches immediately
- →Monitor CVE-2023-24999 in threat intel feeds
- →Review IDS/IPS signatures for exploitation attempts