Description
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.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
HashiCorp Vault
Default version status: unaffected
0.10.0 to < 2.0.0affected
HashiCorp Vault Enterprise
Default version status: unaffected
0.10.0 to < 2.0.0affected
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 ↗