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CVE-2026-8715

critical

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.

References

https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-28-vault-secrets-operator-vulnerable-to-arbitrary-file-read-via-approle-secretidpath/77645

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-08-13

Updated: 2026-08-14

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:N

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.6

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

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00319