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CVE-2023-0690

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-0690 affects HashiCorp Boundary versions 0.10.0 through 0.11.2, where a misconfiguration with PKI-based workers and KMS can lead to sensitive credentials being stored in plaintext on the worker's disk instead of being properly encrypted. This vulnerability is rated High (CVSS 7.1), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, allowing an authenticated attacker to achieve high confidentiality and integrity impact by accessing unencrypted credentials. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 0.10.0, < 0.12.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:boundary:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 0.10.0, <= 0.11.2CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:boundary:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.0MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
0.6
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
35.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0044 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 16,994 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/hashicorp/boundaryFixed in: 0.12.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

goGHSA-9vrm-v9xv-x3xrhigh

HashiCorp Boundary Workers Store Rotated Credentials in Plaintext Even When Key Management Service Configured

Jul 6, 2023

References

discuss.hashicorp.com / t/hcsec-2023-03-boundary-workers-store-rotated-credentials-in-plaintext-even-when-key-management-service-configured/49907
Vendor Advisory