Bug 2241306 (CVE-2023-3775)

Summary: CVE-2023-3775 hashicorp/vault: vault enterprise’s sentinel RGP policies allowed for cross-namespace denial of service
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: TEJ RATHI <trathi>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: amctagga, aoconnor, bniver, dfreiber, dsimansk, flucifre, gmeno, jburrell, jkoehler, lball, madam, matzew, mbenjamin, mhackett, mrajanna, muagarwa, nbecker, odf-bz-bot, rhuss, rogbas, shbose, sostapov, tnielsen, vereddy, vkumar
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Fixed In Version: Vault Enterprise 1.15.0, 1.14.4, and 1.13.8 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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A flaw was found in the Vault Enterprise. A Vault Enterprise Sentinel Role Governing Policy created by an operator to restrict access to resources in one namespace can be applied to requests outside in another non-descendant namespace, potentially resulting in a denial of service.
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Bug Depends On: 2241310, 2241311, 2241312, 2241313, 2241314, 2241315, 2241316, 2241317, 2241318, 2241319, 2241320    
Bug Blocks: 2241308    

Description TEJ RATHI 2023-09-29 09:33:29 UTC
A Vault Enterprise Sentinel Role Governing Policy created by an operator to restrict access to resources in one namespace can be applied to requests outside in another non-descendant namespace, potentially resulting in denial of service. Fixed in Vault Enterprise 1.15.0, 1.14.4, 1.13.8.

https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2023-29-vault-enterprise-s-sentinel-rgp-policies-allowed-for-cross-namespace-denial-of-service/58653

Comment 3 Michael Adam 2023-10-02 13:06:31 UTC
(In reply to TEJ RATHI from comment #0)
> A Vault Enterprise Sentinel Role Governing Policy created by an operator to
> restrict access to resources in one namespace can be applied to requests
> outside in another non-descendant namespace, potentially resulting in denial
> of service. Fixed in Vault Enterprise 1.15.0, 1.14.4, 1.13.8.


Does  this suggest that updating  projects' vault dependencies to one of these versions would fix the issue?

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2024-10-01 17:30:18 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17

Via RHSA-2024:3718 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3718