GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Go

GHSA-m2w4-8ggf-rj47 HashiCorp Vault has a KVv2 Metadata and Secret Deletion Policy Bypass that leads to Denial-of-Service

HIGH Published 2026-04-17 Modified 2026-04-18 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2026-3605
Ecosystem
Go
Packages
github.com/hashicorp/vault
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-288
Reviewed
2026-04-18

Affected packages

• Go github.com/hashicorp/vault: >= 0.10.0, <= 1.21.4 (no fix yet)

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. Fixed in Vault Community Edition 2.0.0 and Vault Enterprise 2.0.0, 1.21.5, 1.20.10, and 1.19.16.

Related

Alias · CVE (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… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-288 Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel weakness

References