CVE-2026-8715

Published: Aug 13, 2026Modified: Aug 28, 2026

9.6

Vector

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

Exploitability: 3.1 / Impact: 5.8

Source: security@hashicorp.com (Secondary)

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.

Related CWEs

CWE-552

Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties

The product makes files or directories accessible to unauthorized actors, even though they should not be.

References (2)

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

Source: security@hashicorp.com

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/08/28/3

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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