CVE-2026-8715
A remote, authenticated attacker can exploit a vulnerability in Hashicorp Vault Secrets Operator to escalate privileges and disclose or manipulate data.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- Vault Secrets Operator contains a vulnerability allowing authenticated remote attackers to escalate privileges and disclose or manipulate data.
- Who is affected
- Authenticated users of Hashicorp Vault Secrets Operator installations can exploit this vulnerability.
- Urgency
- High urgency; privilege escalation in a secrets management tool poses critical risk to infrastructure security.
- Action
- Update Hashicorp Vault Secrets Operator to a patched version addressing CVE-2026-8715.
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Exploitation outlook
- Low exploitation risk0.33% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 25% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (2)
- high[NEW] [high] Hashicorp Vault Secrets Operator: Vulnerability enables privilege escalationcert-bund · 2026-08-20
- criticalCVE-2026-8715: Vault Secrets Operator 1.3.0 up to 1.4.1 is vulnerable to an arbitrary file read and credential…nvd · 2026-08-13
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