CVE-2026-3605GHSA-M2W4-8GGF-RJ47BIT-VAULT-2026-3605GO-2026-5487
Vault KVv2 Metadata and Secret Deletion Policy Bypass Denial-of-Service
- Published
- Last modified
- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Fix
- Fixed in 2.0.0, 1.19.16
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
CISA's decision points: whether it is exploited, whether attacks can be automated, and how much control an attacker gets. Assessed (SSVC 2.0.3).What do these mean? →
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical impact: total
Summary
An authenticated user with access to a kvv2 path through a policy containing a glob may be able to delete secrets they were not authorized to read or write, resulting in denial-of-service. This vulnerability did not allow a malicious user to delete secrets across namespaces, nor read any secret data. Fxed in Vault Community Edition 2.0.0 and Vault Enterprise 2.0.0, 1.21.5, 1.20.10, and 1.19.16.
Timeline
- CVE published
- CISA SSVC assessment
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- HashiCorp Vault
From 0.10.0 · fixed in 2.0.0
- HashiCorp Vault Enterprise
From 0.10.0 · fixed in 1.19.16
- github.com/hashicorp/vaultGo
From 0.10.0 · through 1.21.4
- github.com/hashicorp/vaultGo
From 0.10.0