CVE-2023-5954

HIGHNVD 7.55.9▼
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This medium-severity CVE scores 5.9 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.6%, top 30% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, nvd
7.5
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 1%CVSS: 7.5Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise inbound client requests triggering a policy check can lead to an unbounded consumption of memory. A large number of these requests may lead to denial-of-service. Fixed in Vault 1.15.2, 1.14.6, and 1.13.10.

CVSS v3
7.5
EG Score
5.9(medium)
EPSS
49.5%
KEV
Not listed

Published

November 9, 2023

Last Modified

June 17, 2026

References (4)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2023-5954(2)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(2)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
redhatopenshift4/ose-installer-rhel9:v4.17.0-202409122204.p0.gdfd4c08.assembly.stream.el92024-10-01redhat
redhatodf4/mcg-rhel9-operator:v4.15.0-392024-03-19redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Go(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
github.com/hashicorp/vault—1.15.2—

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 10× in last 7d / 43× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-11 08:26 UTCEPSS rescore
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  24. 2026-06-24 06:29 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 7.5 · severity → HIGH
  25. 2026-06-23 21:31 UTCEPSS rescore
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  22. 2026-06-09 15:47 UTCOSV refresh
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  50. 2026-05-24 14:12 UTCEG score recompute
  51. 2026-05-24 14:12 UTCVendor advisory

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2023-5954?
CVE-2023-5954 is a high vulnerability published on November 9, 2023. HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise inbound client requests triggering a policy check can lead to an unbounded consumption of memory. A large number of these requests may lead to denial-of-service. Fixed in Vault 1.15.2, 1.14.6, and 1.13.10.
When was CVE-2023-5954 disclosed?
CVE-2023-5954 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on November 9, 2023, with the most recent update on June 17, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2023-5954 actively exploited?
CVE-2023-5954 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 49.5% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2023-5954?
CVE-2023-5954 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (NVD). EchelonGraph synthesises NVD + CISA KEV + FIRST EPSS + GHSA into a combined EG score of 5.9.
How do I remediate CVE-2023-5954?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2023-5954, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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