CVE-2026-3605CWE-288

Vault KVv2 Metadata and Secret Deletion Policy Bypass Denial-of-Service

High · published April 17, 2026

CVSS v3.1
8.1
EPSS
1%
Percentile
42.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

An authenticated user with access to a kvv2 path through a policy containing a glob may be able to delete secrets they were not authorized to read or write, resulting in denial-of-service. This vulnerability did not allow a malicious user to delete secrets across namespaces, nor read any secret data. Fxed in Vault Community Edition 2.0.0 and Vault Enterprise 2.0.0, 1.21.5, 1.20.10, and 1.19.16.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.1 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00504 · 42.2th percentile
Weakness
CWE-288 · Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
Published
2026-04-17T02:44Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 17 APR 02:44Z
    Vault KVv2 Metadata and Secret Deletion Policy Bypass Denial-of-Service
    cvelistv5