From 50bd40ec022073529482daaa5c49a500704f6db2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hc-github-team-secure-vault-core
 <82990506+hc-github-team-secure-vault-core@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2023 11:23:35 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] backport of commit e29d98aadb6557921e5d509f3b967e3262f22cb9
 (#22526)

Co-authored-by: Nick Cabatoff <ncabatoff@hashicorp.com>
---
 api/client.go       | 2 +-
 changelog/22523.txt | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 changelog/22523.txt

diff --git a/api/client.go b/api/client.go
index d20477e1d..1e720196d 100644
--- a/api/client.go
+++ b/api/client.go
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ func (c *Config) ParseAddress(address string) (*url.URL, error) {
 			// be pointing to the protocol used in the application layer and not to
 			// the transport layer. Hence, setting the fields accordingly.
 			u.Scheme = "http"
-			u.Host = socket
+			u.Host = "localhost"
 			u.Path = ""
 		} else {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("attempting to specify unix:// address with non-transport transport")
diff --git a/changelog/22523.txt b/changelog/22523.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e53ab652b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/22523.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:bug
+api: Fix breakage with UNIX domain socket addresses introduced by newest Go versions as a security fix.
+```