Vault KVv2 Metadata and Secret Deletion Policy Bypass Denial-of-Service
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.
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Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-3605US | —OT elevated | — | ||
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-… | ||||
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External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-3605WEB
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2459105WEB
- https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-05-vault-kvv2-metadata-and-secret-deletion-policy-bypass-denial-of-service/77342ADVISORY
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-3605WEB
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-3605.jsonWEB
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