CVE-2026-3605
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H - EPSS
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 31% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-26)
- CWEs
- CWE-288, CWE-639
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- hashicorp:vault
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-m2w4-8ggf-rj47 | Go | github.com/hashicorp/vault | >=0.10.0 <=1.21.4 | no fix published |
| GO-2026-5487 | Go | github.com/hashicorp/vault | >=0.10.0 | no fix published |
References
- https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-05-vault-kvv2-metadata-and-secret-deletion-policy-bypass-denial-of-service/77342
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-3605
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2459105
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-3605.json