CVE-2026-5807
highpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.007 · 54 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Vault is vulnerable to a denial-of-service condition where an unauthenticated attacker can repeatedly initiate or cancel root token generation or rekey operations, occupying the single in-progress operation slot. This prevents legitimate operators from completing these workflows. This vulnerability, CVE-2026-5807, is fixed in Vault Community Edition 2.0.0 and Vault Enterprise 2.0.0.
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affected products (22)
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advisories (4)
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- WID-SEC-W-2026-1164Hashicorp Vault Community Edition und Enterprise: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-04-16csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Hashicorp Vault ausnutzen, um Daten zu manipulieren, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu verursachen oder vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen, was möglicherweise eine Privilegienerweiterung ermöglicht.
- GHSA-88v5-9hxc-f85rHashiCorp Vault Vulnerable to Denial-of-Service via Unauthenticated Root Token Generation/Rekey Operations2026-04-17ghsa · osvUS
Vault is vulnerable to a denial-of-service condition where an unauthenticated attacker can repeatedly initiate or cancel root token generation or rekey operations, occupying the single in-progress operation slot. This prevents legitimate operators from completing these workflows. This vulnerability, CVE-2026-5807, is fixed in Vault Community Edition 2.0.0 and Vault Enterprise 2.0.0.
- BIT-vault-2026-5807Vault Vulnerable to Denial-of-Service via Unauthenticated Root Token Generation/Rekey Operations2026-04-21vendor · osvUS
Vault is vulnerable to a denial-of-service condition where an unauthenticated attacker can repeatedly initiate or cancel root token generation or rekey operations, occupying the single in-progress operation slot. This prevents legitimate operators from completing these workflows. This vulnerability, CVE-2026-5807, is fixed in Vault Community Edition 2.0.0 and Vault Enterprise 2.0.0.
- GO-2026-5247HashiCorp Vault Vulnerable to Denial-of-Service via Unauthenticated Root Token Generation/Rekey Operations in github.com/hashicorp/vault2026-06-25vendor · osvUS
HashiCorp Vault Vulnerable to Denial-of-Service via Unauthenticated Root Token Generation/Rekey Operations in github.com/hashicorp/vault
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references (8)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2026-5807cnnvd
- https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-08-vault-vulnerable-to-denial-of-service-via-unauthenticated-root-token-generation-rekey-operations/77345Patchcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-5807cnnvd
- https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-08-vault-vulnerable-to-denial-of-service-via-unauthenticated-root-token-generation-rekey-operations/77345enisa_euvd
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-5807nvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2459109nvd
- https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-08-vault-vulnerable-to-denial-of-service-via-unauthenticated-root-token-generation-rekey-operations/77345Vendor Advisorynvd
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-5807.jsonnvd
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