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.
History

Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:30:00 +0000

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Moderate


Thu, 08 Oct 2026 17:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 07 Oct 2026 23:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Hashicorp
Hashicorp vault Enterprise
Vendors & Products Hashicorp
Hashicorp vault Enterprise

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Description 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.
Title Vault ACL Policy Cache Vulnerable to Cross-Namespace Policy Resolution
Weaknesses CWE-22
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: HashiCorp

Published: 2026-10-07T21:48:08.017Z

Updated: 2026-10-08T17:06:15.663Z

Reserved: 2026-10-05T21:35:14.384Z

Link: CVE-2026-105820

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-08T17:06:06.766Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-10-07T22:17:02.990

Modified: 2026-10-08T21:07:57.460

Link: CVE-2026-105820

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-10-07T21:48:08Z

Links: CVE-2026-105820 - Bugzilla