CVE-2023-4680

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.44% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 37.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

6.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2023-09-14 23:06Z3 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-09-26 17:38Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2023-08-31

Assigning CNA

HashiCorp

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 6.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-323Reusing a Nonce, Key Pair in EncryptionBase
• CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

f3925f3ac8ba2da79c8bc2bddb4a65887d9309f2ac15bf617d9f35d4aa4e0e8f

• discuss.hashicorp.comhttps://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2023-28-vault-s-transit-secrets-engine-allowed-nonce-specified-without-convergent-encryption/58249