CVE-2023-5077: Vault's Google Cloud Secrets Engine Removed Existing IAM Conditions When Creating / Updating Rolesets

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-09-29 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-266

Description

The Vault and Vault Enterprise ("Vault") Google Cloud secrets engine did not preserve existing Google Cloud IAM Conditions upon creating or updating rolesets. Fixed in Vault 1.13.0.

Affected products

HashiCorp Vault: from 0.10.0 before 1.13.0 — fixed in 1.13.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: HashiCorp Vault 1.13.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2023-30-vault-s-google-cloud-secrets-engine-removed-existing-iam-conditions-when-creating-updating-rolesets/58654
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2023-30-vault-s-google-cloud-secrets-engine-removed-existing-iam-conditions-when-creating-updating-rolesets/58654

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