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CVE-2026-105820

Vault ACL Policy Cache Vulnerable to Cross-Namespace Policy Resolution

HashiCorp Vault Enterprise
Open in ThreatlineRecord JSON
CVSS
5.4Medium
ExploitationNo known exploitationNot in CISA KEV, which does not prove it is unexploitedCISA KEV
Exploit odds (EPSS)0.25%Chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 15% of CVEs. Scored 23 Oct 2026FIRST EPSS
Fixed in2.1.2Fixed versionCVE List
Published7 Oct 2026Updated 8 Oct 2026CVE List

What fixes it

A fixed version on one release line is not the upgrade target for every line. Check your exact version and any vendor backports.

Description

Vault's ACL policy cache allowed namespace traversal when policy names contained path traversal constructs. This may allow a token assigned specially crafted policy names to use the capabilities of policies defined in other namespaces, including the root namespace. This vulnerability (CVE-2026-105820) is fixed in Vault Enterprise 2.1.2, 1.21.12, 1.20.17, and 1.19.23. Vault Community Edition does not support namespaces, and is not affected.

Text from CVE List

Affected versions 1

  • Vault Enterpriseaffected: 0.0.1 before 2.1.2CVE List

References 1