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CVE-2023-2197

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-2197 is a low-severity padding oracle vulnerability affecting HashiCorp Vault Enterprise versions 1.13.0 to 1.13.1 when using an HSM with specific AES CBC encryption mechanisms. An attacker with storage modification and Vault restart privileges could potentially derive the root key. The CVSS score is 2.5 (LOW), indicating a local attack vector with high attack complexity and low impact on confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 1.13.0, < 1.13.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

2.5LOW

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
0.8
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.09%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
0.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0009 is in the 8th percentile among its peer group of 223 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2023-2197Low

HashiCorp/vault-enterprise: Vault Enterprise Vulnerable to Padding Oracle Attacks When Using a CBC-Based Encryption Mechanism with a HSM

May 1, 2023

References

discuss.hashicorp.com / t/hcsec-2023-14-vault-enterprise-vulnerable-to-padding-oracle-attacks-when-using-a-cbc-based-encryption-mechanism-with-a-hsm/53322
MitigationVendor Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20230609-0007