Vault PKI Issuer Endpoint Did Not Correctly Authorize Access to Issuer Metadata

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  "id": "3b1801dc449997527067e06ec5348229b788693bc51130b2cb0cc43d895cf665",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-0665",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Vault PKI Issuer Endpoint Did Not Correctly Authorize Access to Issuer Metadata",
    "summary": "HashiCorp Vault's PKI mount issuer endpoints did not correctly authorize access to remove an issuer or modify issuer metadata, potentially resulting in denial of service of the PKI mount. This bug did not affect public or private key material, trust chains or certificate issuance. Fixed in Vault 1.13.1, 1.12.5, and 1.11.9.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2023-0665",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2023-0665",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-vault-2023-0665",
        "CVE-2023-0665",
        "GHSA-hwc3-3qh6-r4gg",
        "GO-2023-1708"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
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              "repo": "https://github.com/hashicorp/vault",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
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              ],
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                        "introduced": "1.13.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "1.13.1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
                    "strategy": "StandardRange"
                  },
                  {
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                      {
                        "introduced": "1.12.0"
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                    "strategy": "StandardRange"
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                        "fixed": "1.11.9"
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                    ],
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                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v1.11.8",
            "v1.13.0",
            "v1.12.4",
            "v1.11.7",
            "v1.12.3",
            "v1.11.6",
            "v1.12.2",
            "v1.11.5",
            "v1.12.1",
            "v1.12.0",
            "v1.11.4",
            "v1.11.3",
            "v1.11.2",
            "v1.11.1",
            "v1.11.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-0665.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:51.367487976Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2023-11-vault-s-pki-issuer-endpoint-did-not-correctly-authorize-access-to-issuer-metadata/52079/1",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/0xxx/CVE-2023-0665.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0665",
        "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230526-0008/",
        "https://github.com/hashicorp/vault"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cwe_ids": [
          "CWE-285"
        ],
        "cna_assigner": "HashiCorp",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/0xxx/CVE-2023-0665.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2023-0665",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 520052,
  "published_at": "2023-03-30T00:21:47.676+00:00"
}