BIT-vault-2026-5006

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Import Source
https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/vault/BIT-vault-2026-5006.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/BIT-vault-2026-5006
Aliases
Published
2026-08-28T14:58:43.560Z
Modified
2026-08-28T15:45:36.688179782Z
Summary
Vault Vulnerable to Privilege Escalation via Slash Injection in Templated Policy Paths
Details

A vulnerability was identified in HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise (“Vault”) such that an authenticated attacker may manipulate an identity value referenced by a templated policy path to gain unintended access to Vault paths.

An attacker who can control the referenced identity value may include slash ({{/}}) characters that Vault interprets as additional path segments when rendering the policy.

This vulnerability, CVE-2026-5006, was fixed in Vault Community Edition 2.0.4 and Vault Enterprise 2.0.4, 1.21.9, 1.20.14, and 1.19.20.

Database specific
{
    "cpes": [
        "cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:community:go:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:go:*:*"
    ],
    "severity": "Medium"
}
References

Affected packages

Bitnami / vault

Package

Name
vault
Purl
pkg:bitnami/vault

Severity

  • 6.8 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
0.11.0
Fixed
2.0.4

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/vault/BIT-vault-2026-5006.json"