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CVE-2026-105816 Details

Description

Vault and Vault Enterprise did not consistently verify that stored plugin catalog entries reference binaries within the configured plugin directory. When Vault uses Shamir seals and has an external plugin directory configured, a privileged operator able to restore an Integrated Storage (Raft) snapshot may be able to execute arbitrary code on the Vault host. This vulnerability (CVE-2026-105816) is fixed in Vault Community Edition 2.1.2, and Vault Enterprise 2.1.2, 1.21.12, 1.20.17, and 1.19.23.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-41-vault-vulnerable-to-arbitrary-code-execution-via-plugin-catalog-entries-restored-from-raft-snapshots/77813	[email protected]

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-22	Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')	[email protected]

Affected Products

No affected product data is available for this CVE.

Change History

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