GHSA-gq98-53rq-qr5h
MEDIUMGHSA-gq98-53rq-qr5h is a medium-severity (CVSS 4.3) Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in github.com/hashicorp/vault. O3 Security confirms whether GHSA-gq98-53rq-qr5h is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.
Hashicorp Vault vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting
Blast Radius
github.com/hashicorp/vault🐹github.com/hashicorp/vault🐹github.com/hashicorp/vaultReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Go packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
Vault and Vault Enterprise's (Vault) key-value v2 (kv-v2) diff viewer allowed HTML injection into the Vault web UI through key values. This vulnerability, CVE-2023-2121, is fixed in Vault 1.14.0, 1.13.3, 1.12.7, and 1.11.11.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐹Go | github.com/hashicorp/vault | all versions | 1.11.11 |
| 🐹Go | github.com/hashicorp/vault | ≥ 1.12.0&&< 1.12.7 | 1.12.7 |
| 🐹Go | github.com/hashicorp/vault | ≥ 1.13.0&&< 1.13.3 | 1.13.3 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for github.com/hashicorp/vault. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.
Fix
Update github.com/hashicorp/vault to 1.11.11 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-gq98-53rq-qr5h is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 pinpoints whether GHSA-gq98-53rq-qr5h is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.
Tailored to GHSA-gq98-53rq-qr5h. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-gq98-53rq-qr5h in your dependencies?
O3 detects GHSA-gq98-53rq-qr5h across Go dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.