[NEW] [high] Hashicorp Vault and Vault Enterprise: Multiple vulnerabilities

highCVE-2026-12624 CVE-2026-14886

A remote authenticated attacker can exploit multiple vulnerabilities in Hashicorp Vault and Vault Enterprise to disclose information, bypass authorization mechanisms, and manipulate data.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: HashiCorp product: Vault Information disclosure Authentication bypass Code injection

What: Remote authenticated attacker can disclose information, bypass authorization mechanisms, and manipulate data in Hashicorp Vault and Vault Enterprise.
Who is affected: All Vault and Vault Enterprise deployments are affected.
Urgency: High; affects critical secrets management infrastructure and authorization controls.
Action: Apply security patches for CVE-2026-12624 and CVE-2026-14886 to Vault immediately.

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Details

Source: CERT-Bund (BSI) Security Advisories (DE · national-cert · site)
Severity: high
Published: 2026-08-11
Exploitation: Not in CISA KEV at last sync
Language: Machine-translated to English — verify against the original

Original advisory: https://wid.cert-bund.de/portal/wid/securityadvisory?name=WID-SEC-2026-2729

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-126240.20% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 10% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-148860.24% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 15% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.

Referenced CVEs

CVE	CSIRTS overview	External
CVE-2026-12624	coverage & exploitation status	NVD · CVE.org
CVE-2026-14886	coverage & exploitation status	NVD · CVE.org

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