CVE-2024-12289: Boundary Controller Incorrectly Handles HTTP Requests On Initialization Which May Lead to a Denial of Service
Description
Boundary Community Edition and Boundary Enterprise (“Boundary”) incorrectly handle HTTP requests during the initialization of the Boundary controller, which may cause the Boundary server to terminate prematurely. Boundary is only vulnerable to this flaw during the initialization of the Boundary controller, which on average is measured in milliseconds during the Boundary startup process.
This vulnerability, CVE-2024-12289, is fixed in Boundary Community Edition and Boundary Enterprise 0.16.4, 0.17.3, 0.18.2.
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2024-12289
CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS Base Score: 5.9
Affected Products
Vendor: HashiCorp
Product: Boundary
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 11.48% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-02-04 (when was this score calculated)