Description
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.
Published: 2026-08-13
Score: 9.6 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Fri, 14 Aug 2026 13:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 14 Aug 2026 03:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Hashicorp
Hashicorp tooling
Vendors & Products Hashicorp
Hashicorp tooling

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 20:45:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title Vault Secrets Operator vulnerable to arbitrary file read and credential exfiltration via AppRole secretIDPath
Weaknesses CWE-552
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N'}


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Hashicorp Tooling
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: HashiCorp

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-14T12:38:35.051Z

Reserved: 2026-05-15T21:03:34.973Z

Link: CVE-2026-8715

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-14T12:38:30.425Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-13T21:18:32.333

Modified: 2026-08-14T13:19:11.077

Link: CVE-2026-8715

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Updated: 2026-08-14T02:45:03Z

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