VaultGHSA-m2w4-8ggf-rj47
HashiCorp Vault has a KVv2 Metadata and Secret Deletion Policy Bypass that leads to Denial-of-Service
High8.1CVE-2026-3605 · Published Apr 17, 2026 · updated Sep 10, 2026
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. Fixed in Vault Community Edition 2.0.0 and Vault Enterprise 2.0.0, 1.21.5, 1.20.10, and 1.19.16.
Affected versions
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| github.com/hashicorp/vault Go | >= 0.10.0, <= 1.21.4 | No fix yet |
Details and references
- CVSS 3.1
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- Severity from
- GitHub (reviewed advisory)
- Weakness
- CWE-288
- Also known as
- BIT-vault-2026-3605, CVE-2026-3605, GO-2026-5487
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|---|---|---|---|
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