CVE-2026-5051 (GCVE-0-2026-5051)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-01 17:10 – Updated: 2026-07-01 17:54
VLAI
Title
Audit Log Plugin Directory Guard Bypass via Legacy path Option
Summary
HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise prior to 2.0.1 audit device validation logic did not consistently apply plugin directory protections when the legacy file audit path option was used. This vulnerability (CVE-2026-5051) is fixed in 2.0.1, 1.21.6, 1.20.11, and 1.19.17.
Severity
4.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory (Path Traversal)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
HashiCorp Vault Affected: 1.20.1 , < 2.0.1 (semver)
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HashiCorp Vault Enterprise Affected: 1.19.0 , < 2.0.1 (semver)
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Credits
This issue was identified and reported by Vipin Chaudhary.
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