Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-0475

Hashicorp Go-Getter ≤ 1.6.2

Published
16 February 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
Patch / advisory
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CVSS Score v3.1 4.2
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0045 37th percentile
Risk Priority 34 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2023-0475 is a medium-severity Data Amplification (CWE-409) vulnerability in Hashicorp Go-Getter. Its CVSS base score is 4.2 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Endpoint Denial of Service (T1499); ranked at the 37th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

HashiCorp go-getter up to 1.6.2 and 2.1.1 is vulnerable to decompression bombs. Fixed in 1.7.0 and 2.2.0.

CWE(s)
CWE-409NVD-CWE-Other

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1499 Endpoint Denial of Service Impact
Adversaries may perform Endpoint Denial of Service (DoS) attacks to degrade or block the availability of services to users.
attack.mitre.org →
T1499.003 Application Exhaustion Flood Impact
Adversaries may target resource intensive features of applications to cause a denial of service (DoS), denying availability to those applications.
attack.mitre.org →
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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CVE-2026-48586Shared CWE-409
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CVE-2026-48594Shared CWE-409

Affected Assets

hashicorp
go-getter
2.1.1 · ≤ 1.6.2

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SC-5 Denial-of-service Protection
addresses: CWE-409

Limits effects of data amplification from compressed or malicious inputs.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure-development practices include input-validation and resource-limit checks that prevent improper handling of compressed data.

DE.CM-09 partial match
prevents

Runtime monitoring of compute resources can detect exhaustion caused by decompression bombs.

PR.IR-04 partial match
prevents

Capacity planning and monitoring directly limits the availability impact of data-amplification attacks.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.8.29 Security testing in development and acceptance mostly match
finds

Security testing can uncover decompression-bomb vulnerabilities before release.

A.8.14 Redundancy of information processing facilities partial match
mitigates

Redundancy helps availability but does not address the root cause of the weakness.

A.8.16 Monitoring activities partial match
finds

Monitoring can detect anomalous resource usage but does not prevent the weakness.

A.8.25 Secure development life cycle partial match
prevents

Secure development lifecycle includes input validation and resource-limit checks that mitigate data-amplification attacks.

A.8.26 Application security requirements partial match
prevents

Application security requirements can mandate limits on decompression size and ratio.

A.8.27 Secure system architecture and engineering principles partial match
prevents

Secure architecture principles encourage defensive design against resource-exhaustion threats.

References