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GHSA-RX9V-2FJR-MHX5

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-01 18:31 – Updated: 2026-07-01 18:31

Details

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

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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-01 17:10 – Updated: 2026-07-01 17:54

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

HashiCorp

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-16-vau…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
HashiCorp	Vault	Affected: 1.20.1 , < 2.0.1 (semver)
HashiCorp	Vault Enterprise	Affected: 1.19.0 , < 2.0.1 (semver)

Credits

This issue was identified and reported by Vipin Chaudhary.

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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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