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CVE-2026-8715 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:9.6 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/08/28/3 CVE
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-28-vault-secrets-operator-vulnerable-to-arbitrary-file-read-via-approle-secretidpath/77645 [email protected]

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-552Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties[email protected]

Affected Products

No affected product data is available for this CVE.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-8715
NVD Published Date:
Aug 13, 2026
NVD Last Modified:
Aug 28, 2026
Source:
[email protected]