high8.1
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, re…
Impact
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 packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| go | github.com/hashicorp/vault | >= 0.10.0, <= 1.21.4 | none recorded |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Hashicorp | Vault | from 0.10.0 before 1.19.16 from 0.10.0 before 2.0.0 from 1.20.0 before 1.20.10 from 1.21.0 before 1.21.5 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- GitHub advisory
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m2w4-8ggf-rj47
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-3605
- 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