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

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jul 6, 2023 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jul 6, 2023

Package

gomod github.com/hashicorp/boundary (Go)

Affected versions

>= 0.10.0, < 0.12.0

Patched versions

0.12.0

Description

HashiCorp Boundary from 0.10.0 through 0.11.2 contain an issue where when using a PKI-based worker with a Key Management Service (KMS) defined in the configuration file, new credentials created after an automatic rotation may not have been encrypted via the intended KMS. This would result in the credentials being stored in plaintext on the Boundary PKI worker’s disk. This issue is fixed in version 0.12.0.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Feb 8, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jul 6, 2023
Reviewed Jul 6, 2023
Last updated Jul 6, 2023

Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

EPSS score

0.044%
(13th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2023-0690

GHSA ID

GHSA-9vrm-v9xv-x3xr

Source code

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