CVE-2026-8715CWE-552

CVE-2026-8715

Critical · published August 14, 2026

CVSS v3.1
9.6
EPSS
0%
Percentile
39.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Vault Secrets Operator 1.3.0 up to 1.4.1 is vulnerable to an arbitrary file read and credential exfiltration issue in the AppRole authentication configuration that may allow a tenant with limited Kubernetes RBAC permissions to read files from the operator pod's filesystem and transmit their contents to a tenant-controlled endpoint, potentially leading to privilege escalation within the cluster. This vulnerability (CVE-2026-8715) is fixed in Vault Secrets Operator 1.5.0.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
9.6 · CRITICAL
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00471 · 39.7th percentile
Weakness
CWE-552 · Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties
Published
2026-08-14T01:18Z
References (2)
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-28-vault-secrets-operator-vulnerable-to-arbitrary-file-read-via-approle-secretidpath/77645 · [email protected]http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/08/28/3 · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 13 AUG 20:27Z
    Vault Secrets Operator vulnerable to arbitrary file read and credential exfiltration via AppRole secretIDPath
    cvelistv5