CVE-2026-5006
MediumCVSS 6.8Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk7th percentile - higher than 7% of all known CVEs
Summary
HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise have a vulnerability allowing an authenticated attacker to manipulate an identity value referenced by a templated policy path to gain unintended access. Slash characters can be interpreted as additional path segments. Fixed in Vault CE 2.0.4 and Enterprise 2.0.4, 1.21.9, 1.20.14, 1.19.20.
Risk Assessment
The risk includes privilege escalation and unauthorized access to sensitive data in Vault, leading to confidentiality and integrity breaches.
Recommendation
Update Vault to the patched versions immediately and review access policies for potential manipulation.
Other vulnerabilities in HashiCorp Vault
See all- CVE-2026-5051Medium
In HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise prior to version 2.0.1, the audit device validation logic did not consistently apply plugin directory protections when the legacy file audit path option was used. This vulnerability is fixed in versions 2.0.1, 1.21.6, 1.20.11, and 1.19.17.
- CVE-2026-3605High
An authenticated user with access to a kvv2 path through a policy containing a glob may delete secrets they were not authorized to read or write, causing denial-of-service. This vulnerability does not allow cross-namespace deletion or reading of secret data.
Original NVD description (English source)
A vulnerability was identified in HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise (“Vault”) such that an authenticated attacker may manipulate an identity value referenced by a templated policy path to gain unintended access to Vault paths. An attacker who can control the referenced identity value may include slash ({{/}}) characters that Vault interprets as additional path segments when rendering the policy. This vulnerability, CVE-2026-5006, was fixed in Vault Community Edition 2.0.4 and Vault Enterprise 2.0.4, 1.21.9, 1.20.14, and 1.19.20.