CVE-2024-6468

Vault and Vault Enterprise did not properly handle requests originating from unauthorized IP addresses when the TCP listener option, proxy_protocol_behavior, was set to deny_unauthorized. When receiving a request from a source IP address that was not listed in proxy_protocol_authorized_addrs, the Vault API server would shut down and no longer respond to any HTTP requests, potentially resulting in denial of service. While this bug also affected versions of Vault up to 1.17.1 and 1.16.5, a separate regression in those release series did not allow Vault operators to configure the deny_unauthorized option, thus not allowing the conditions for the denial of service to occur. Fixed in Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.17.2, 1.16.6, and 1.15.12.

CVSS

No CVSS.

References

Link	Resource
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2024-14-vault-vulnerable-to-denial-of-service-when-setting-a-proxy-protocol-behavior/68518	Vendor Advisory
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2024-14-vault-vulnerable-to-denial-of-service-when-setting-a-proxy-protocol-behavior/68518	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:::::-:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:::::-:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:::::-:::*

History

13 Aug 2025, 14:01

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE	cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault::-:::-:::

11 Aug 2025, 14:48

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time		Hashicorp Hashicorp vault
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:::::enterprise:::* cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:::::-:::* cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault::-:::-:::
References	~~() https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2024-14-vault-vulnerable-to-denial-of-service-when-setting-a-proxy-protocol-behavior/68518 -~~	() https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2024-14-vault-vulnerable-to-denial-of-service-when-setting-a-proxy-protocol-behavior/68518 - Vendor Advisory

11 Jul 2024, 21:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2024-07-11 21:15

Updated : 2025-08-13 14:01

NVD link : CVE-2024-6468

Mitre link : CVE-2024-6468

JSON object : View

Products Affected

hashicorp

vault

CWE

No CWE.

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