Vault Secrets Operator vulnerable to arbitrary file read and credential exfiltration via AppRole secretIDPath (HashiCorp Tooling)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.47 % · percentile 41 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- HashiCorp
- NVD status
- Awaiting Analysis
Description
Vault Secrets Operator 1.3.0 up to 1.4.1 is vulnerable to an arbitrary file read and credential exfiltration issue in the AppRole authentication configuration that may allow a tenant with limited Kubernetes RBAC permissions to read files from the operator pod's filesystem and transmit their contents to a tenant-controlled endpoint, potentially leading to privilege escalation within the cluster. This vulnerability (CVE-2026-8715) is fixed in Vault Secrets Operator 1.5.0.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-552 — Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL 9.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N | HashiCorp |
| CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL 9.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N | NVD · security@hashicorp.com (Secondary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-58400
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-8715
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| HashiCorp · Tooling | affected 1.3.0 < 1.5.0 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |