PT-2026-33397 · Hashicorp · Vault+1

Published 2026-04-17 · Updated 2026-04-17 · CVE-2026-3605

Mitre

CVSS v3.1

8.1

High

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

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.

Fix

Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-288

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-3605

Affected Products

Vault

Vault Enterprise

References · 2

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-3605 · Security Note
• https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-05-vault-kvv2-metadata-and-secret-deletion-policy-bypass-denial-of-service/77342 · Note