CVE-2024-0831: Vault May Expose Sensitive Information When Configuring An Audit Log Device

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2024-02-01 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-532

Description

Vault and Vault Enterprise (“Vault”) may expose sensitive information when enabling an audit device which specifies the `log_raw` option, which may log sensitive information to other audit devices, regardless of whether they are configured to use `log_raw`.

Affected products

HashiCorp Vault: from 1.15.0 before 1.15.5 — fixed in 1.15.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: HashiCorp Vault 1.15.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://developer.hashicorp.com/vault/docs/upgrading/upgrade-to-1.15.x#audit-devices-could-log-raw-data-despite-configuration
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2024-01-vault-may-expose-sensitive-information-when-configuring-an-audit-log-device/62311
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240223-0005/
https://developer.hashicorp.com/vault/docs/upgrading/upgrade-to-1.15.x#audit-devices-could-log-raw-data-despite-configuration
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2024-01-vault-may-expose-sensitive-information-when-configuring-an-audit-log-device/62311
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240223-0005/

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