HashiCorp Vault Enterprise prior 2.1.2/1.21.12/1.20.17/1.19.23 ACL Policy Cache path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in HashiCorp Vault Enterprise. It has been declared as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the component ACL Policy Cache. Such manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2026-105820. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in HashiCorp Vault Enterprise. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component ACL Policy Cache. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Vault's ACL policy cache allowed namespace traversal when policy names contained path traversal constructs. This may allow a token assigned specially crafted policy names to use the capabilities of policies defined in other namespaces, including the root namespace. This vulnerability (CVE-2026-105820) is fixed in Vault Enterprise 2.1.2, 1.21.12, 1.20.17, and 1.19.23. Vault Community Edition does not support namespaces, and is not affected.

The advisory is available at discuss.hashicorp.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-105820 since 10/05/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 2.1.2, 1.21.12, 1.20.17 or 1.19.23 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.7

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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CNA Base Score: 5.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Vault Enterprise 2.1.2/1.21.12/1.20.17/1.19.23

Timelineinfo

10/05/2026 CVE reserved
10/07/2026 +2 days VulDB entry created
10/08/2026 +0 days Advisory disclosed
10/08/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: discuss.hashicorp.com
Status: Confirmed

CNA: HashiCorp
CVE: CVE-2026-105820 (🔒)

GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-105820
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-415190

Entryinfo

Created: 10/08/2026 00:06
Changes: 10/08/2026 00:06 (62)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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