CVE-2023-5954

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

0.72% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 51.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

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

2023-11-09 20:13Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-02-13 17:25Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2023-11-03

Assigning CNA

HashiCorp

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 5.9)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-401Missing Release of Memory after Effective LifetimeVariant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

661fb36d8c889d0560844ae1cd0442b97d28701f5db66b7cbf45a225691db471

• discuss.hashicorp.comhttps://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2023-33-vault-requests-triggering-policy-checks-may-lead-to-unbounded-memory-consumption/59926
• security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231227-0001/