CVE-2026-14886
highpriority · track · 0OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.003 · 25 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-22
Vault Enterprise's identity entity batch-delete endpoint is vulnerable to a cross-namespace authorization bypass that may allow an authenticated caller in one namespace to permanently delete the storage backing of entities belonging to another namespace. This vulnerability (CVE-2026-14886) is fixed in Vault Enterprise 2.0.4, 1.21.9, 1.20.14 and 1.19.20.
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affected products (18)
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advisories (2)
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- WID-SEC-W-2026-2729Hashicorp Vault und Vault Enterprise: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-08-10csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Hashicorp Vault und Vault Enterpriseausnutzen, um Informationen offenzulegen, Autorisierungsmechanismen zu umgehen und Daten zu manipulieren.
- BIT-vault-2026-14886Vault Enterprise vulnerable to cross-namespace entity deletion2026-08-24vendor · osvUS
Vault Enterprise's identity entity batch-delete endpoint is vulnerable to a cross-namespace authorization bypass that may allow an authenticated caller in one namespace to permanently delete the storage backing of entities belonging to another namespace. This vulnerability (CVE-2026-14886) is fixed in Vault Enterprise 2.0.4, 1.21.9, 1.20.14 and 1.19.20.
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references (4)
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- https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-27-vault-enterprise-vulnerable-to-cross-namespace-entity-deletion/77634cnnvd
- https://www.hashicorp.com/en/trust/securityPatchcnnvd
- https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-27-vault-enterprise-vulnerable-to-cross-namespace-entity-deletion/77634enisa_euvd
- https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-27-vault-enterprise-vulnerable-to-cross-namespace-entity-deletion/77634nvd
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