CVE-2026-5006
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2026
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
Vault Vulnerable to Privilege Escalation via Slash Injection in Templated Policy Paths
A vulnerability was identified in HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise (“Vault”) such that an authenticated attacker may manipulate an identity value referenced by a templated policy path to gain unintended access to Vault paths. An attacker who can control the referenced identity value may include slash ({{/}}) characters that Vault interprets as additional path segments when rendering the policy. This vulnerability, CVE-2026-5006, was fixed in Vault Community Edition 2.0.4 and Vault Enterprise 2.0.4, 1.21.9, 1.20.14, and 1.19.20.
Scoped product and version facts
Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.
Vault
- Vendor
- HashiCorp
- Product
- Vault
- Platforms
- 64 bit
- 32 bit
- x86
- ARM
- MacOS
- Windows
- Linux
- Default status
unaffected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.11.0 | affected | semver | 2.0.4 | Unavailable |
|
Vault Enterprise
- Vendor
- HashiCorp
- Product
- Vault Enterprise
- Platforms
- 64 bit
- 32 bit
- x86
- ARM
- MacOS
- Windows
- Linux
- Default status
unaffected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.11.0 | affected | semver | 2.0.4 | Unavailable |
|