HashiCorp Vault Enterprise up to 2.0.3/1.21.8/1.20.13/1.19.19 Identity Entity Batch-Delete Endpoint authorization

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in HashiCorp Vault Enterprise up to 2.0.3/1.21.8/1.20.13/1.19.19. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Identity Entity Batch-Delete Endpoint. Such manipulation leads to authorization. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-14886. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in HashiCorp Vault Enterprise up to 2.0.3/1.21.8/1.20.13/1.19.19. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Identity Entity Batch-Delete Endpoint. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-639. The system's authorization functionality does not prevent one user from gaining access to another user's data or record by modifying the key value identifying the data. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Vault Enterprise's identity entity batch-delete endpoint is vulnerable to a cross-namespace authorization bypass that may allow an authenticated caller in one namespace to permanently delete the storage backing of entities belonging to another namespace. This vulnerability (CVE-2026-14886) is fixed in Vault Enterprise 2.0.4, 1.21.9, 1.20.14 and 1.19.20.

The advisory is shared for download at discuss.hashicorp.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-14886 since 07/06/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 2.0.4, 1.21.9, 1.20.14 or 1.19.20 eliminates this vulnerability.

VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Productinfo

Vendor

• HashiCorp

Name

• Vault Enterprise

Version

• 1.19.0
• 1.19.1
• 1.19.2
• 1.19.3
• 1.19.4
• 1.19.5
• 1.19.6
• 1.19.7
• 1.19.8
• 1.19.9
• 1.19.10
• 1.19.11
• 1.19.12
• 1.19.13
• 1.19.14
• 1.19.15
• 1.19.16
• 1.19.17
• 1.19.18
• 1.19.19
• 1.20.0
• 1.20.1
• 1.20.2
• 1.20.3
• 1.20.4
• 1.20.5
• 1.20.6
• 1.20.7
• 1.20.8
• 1.20.9
• 1.20.10
• 1.20.11
• 1.20.12
• 1.20.13
• 1.21.0
• 1.21.1
• 1.21.2
• 1.21.3
• 1.21.4
• 1.21.5
• 1.21.6
• 1.21.7
• 1.21.8
• 2.0.0
• 2.0.1
• 2.0.2
• 2.0.3

License

• open-source

CPE 2.3info

• 🔒
• 🔒
• 🔒

CPE 2.2info

• 🔒
• 🔒
• 🔒

CVSSv4info

CVSSv3info

CVSSv2info

Exploitinginfo

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Countermeasuresinfo

Timelineinfo

Sourcesinfo

Entryinfo

VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Discussion