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CVE-2026-8715

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

Published: Aug 13, 2026Updated: Aug 14, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-552
9.6CRITICAL
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 74.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
No Fix Available
Self-Check
Not available

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:NS:CC:HI:HA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-552

Affected Products

HashiCorp
commercial·USaka hashicorp inc.
ToolingOn-premDev Tool
Cloud & SaaS / container-orchestration

Exploitability

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References

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