Vault Vulnerable to Denial of Service When Processing Raft Join Requests (CVE-2024-8185)
Description
Vault Community and Enterprise clusters using the Integrated Storage backend are vulnerable to a denial-of-service (DoS) attack via the Raft cluster join API endpoint. An attacker can send a large volume of join requests, causing excessive memory consumption that may crash the Vault process and underlying system. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2024-8185 and affects versions from 1.2.0 up to but not including 1.18.1. Fixed versions include Vault Community 1.18.1 and Vault Enterprise 1.18.1, 1.17.8, and 1.16.12.
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Technical Analysis
CVE-2024-8185 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in Vault's Integrated Storage backend. The flaw exists in the Raft cluster join API endpoint, where processing a large volume of join requests can exhaust system memory. This can lead to a crash of both the Vault process and the underlying system. The vulnerability affects Vault versions >=1.2.0 and <1.18.1. Official patches are available in Vault Community 1.18.1 and Vault Enterprise 1.18.1, 1.17.8, and 1.16.12.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation results in memory exhaustion on the system running Vault, causing the Vault process and potentially the host system to crash. This leads to denial of service, disrupting availability of Vault clusters using the Integrated Storage backend.
Mitigation Recommendations
Apply the official patches provided by Vault: upgrade to Vault Community 1.18.1 or Vault Enterprise 1.18.1, 1.17.8, or 1.16.12. These versions contain fixes for CVE-2024-8185. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Osv Id
- BIT-vault-2024-8185
- Osv Schema Version
- 1.5.0
- Aliases
- ["CVE-2024-8185"]
- Ecosystems
- ["Bitnami"]
- Database Specific Severity
- High
Threat ID: 6aa005b1acd9273b49ab5883
Added to database: 09/08/2026, 12:55:13 UTC
Last enriched: 09/08/2026, 13:34:13 UTC
Last updated: 10/23/2026, 01:15:17 UTC
Views: 20
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