CVE-2026-5006 Vault Vulnerable to Privilege Escalation via Slash Injection in Templated Policy Paths
Authenticated attackers can escalate privileges and access unauthorized paths by injecting slashes into templated policy paths in HashiCorp Vault.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2026-5006?
CVE-2026-5006 is a medium-severity vulnerability in HashiCorp Vault, published on 24 Aug 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability was identified in HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise (“Vault”) such that an authenticated attacker may manipulate an identity value referenced by a templated policy path to gain unintended access to Vault paths.
An attacker who can control the referenced identity value may include slash ({{/}}) characters that Vault interprets as additional path segments when rendering the policy.
This vulnerability, CVE-2026-5006, was fixed in Vault Community Edition 2.0.4 and Vault Enterprise 2.0.4, 1.21.9, 1.20.14, and 1.19.20.
Weakness: CWE-639
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-5006?
1 open source package ship an affected version, including vault.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
vault Bitnami | From 0.11.0 | 2.0.4 |
How do I fix CVE-2026-5006?
Upgrade vault to 2.0.4 or later.
Is CVE-2026-5006 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-5006 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Sources
Also known as BIT-vault-2026-5006, GHSA-5h48-5rrm-m3c8, MINI-jw35-qv72-pw83.