CVE-2023-43637: Vault Key Partially Predetermined

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-09-21 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-321

Description

Due to the implementation of "deriveVaultKey", prior to version 7.10, the generated vault key would always have the last 16 bytes predetermined to be "arfoobarfoobarfo". This issue happens because "deriveVaultKey" calls "retrieveCloudKey" (which will always return "foobarfoobarfoobarfoobarfoobarfo" as the key), and then merges the 32byte randomly generated key with this key (by takeing 16bytes from each, see "mergeKeys"). This makes the key a lot weaker. This issue does not persist in devices that were initialized on/after version 7.10, but devices that were initialized before that and updated to a newer version still have this issue. Roll an update that enforces the full 32bytes key usage.

Affected products

LF-Edge, Zededa EVE OS: before 7.10 — fixed in 7.10

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: LF-Edge, Zededa EVE OS 7.10. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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