Vault Secrets Operator vulnerable to arbitrary file read and credential exfiltration via AppRole secretIDPath

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-8715
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerHashiCorp
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-08-13 21:18:32 UTC
Updated2026-08-28 23:17:13 UTC
DescriptionVault 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 9.6 CRITICAL from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

EPSS: 0.003280000 probability, percentile 0.252310000 (date 2026-08-28)

Problem Types: CWE-552 | CWE-552 CWE-552: Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Secondary9.6CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
3.1CNACVSS9.6CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA HashiCorp Tooling affected 1.3.0 1.5.0 semver 64 bit, 32 bit, x86, ARM, MacOS, Windows, Linux

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-28-vault-secrets-operator-vulnerable-to-arbitrar... [email protected] discuss.hashicorp.com
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/08/28/3 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: This issue was reported to HashiCorp by Trung Nguyen (@everping) of CyStack and Artem Cherezov (https://github.com/cherez0ff). (en)

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