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CVE-2024-6468

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-6468 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise. When the TCP listener option 'proxy_protocol_behavior' was set to 'deny_unauthorized', Vault would shut down upon receiving requests from unauthorized IP addresses, rendering the API server unresponsive. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and a high impact on availability. While the conditions for exploitation were limited in some older versions, the issue is fixed in Vault 1.17.2, 1.16.6, and 1.15.12. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 1.10.0, < 1.15.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
>= 1.10.0, < 1.15.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
>= 1.16.0, < 1.16.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
>= 1.16.0, < 1.16.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
>= 1.17.0, < 1.17.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.49%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
39.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0049 is in the 17th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (7)

gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/hashicorp/vaultFixed in: 1.16.3
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/hashicorp/vaultFixed in: 1.17.2
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/hashicorp/vaultFixed in: 1.15.12
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4Fixed in: odf4/ocs-metrics-exporter-rhel9
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4Fixed in: odf4/odf-multicluster-rhel9-operator
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Trusted Application PipelineFixed in: rhtap-contract-tenant/cli-v01-alpha
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Trusted Application PipelineFixed in: rhtap-contract-tenant/cli-v02

Vendor Advisories (2)

goGHSA-2qmw-pvf7-4mw6high

Hashicorp Vault vulnerable to Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions

Jul 11, 2024
redhatCVE-2024-6468Important

vault: Denial of Service When Setting a Proxy Protocol Behavior

Jul 11, 2024

References

discuss.hashicorp.com / t/hcsec-2024-14-vault-vulnerable-to-denial-of-service-when-setting-a-proxy-protocol-behavior/68518
Vendor Advisory