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CVE-2026-14886

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Description

Vault Enterprise's identity entity batch-delete endpoint is vulnerable to a cross-namespace authorization bypass that may allow an authenticated caller in one namespace to permanently delete the storage backing of entities belonging to another namespace. This vulnerability (CVE-2026-14886) is fixed in Vault Enterprise 2.0.4, 1.21.9, 1.20.14 and 1.19.20.

Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
8.2 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Awaiting Analysis
Source identifier
Published
2026-08-10 20:17:26.683000
Last modified
2026-10-23 19:10:00.167000
View original CVE JSON
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  "id": "CVE-2026-14886",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-08-10T20:17:26.683",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-23T19:10:00.167",
  "vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "Vault Enterprise's identity entity batch-delete endpoint is vulnerable to a cross-namespace authorization bypass that may allow an authenticated caller in one namespace to permanently delete the storage backing of entities belonging to another namespace. This vulnerability (CVE-2026-14886) is fixed in Vault Enterprise 2.0.4, 1.21.9, 1.20.14 and 1.19.20."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "El endpoint de eliminación por lotes de entidades de identidad de Vault Enterprise es vulnerable a un bypass de autorización entre espacios de nombres que puede permitir a un llamador autenticado en un espacio de nombres eliminar permanentemente el respaldo de almacenamiento de entidades pertenecientes a otro espacio de nombres. Esta vulnerabilidad (CVE-2026-14886) está corregida en Vault Enterprise 2.0.4, 1.21.9, 1.20.14 y 1.19.20."
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
      "source": "[email protected]",
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "vendor": "HashiCorp",
          "product": "Vault Enterprise",
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "platforms": [
            "64 bit",
            "32 bit",
            "x86",
            "ARM",
            "MacOS",
            "Windows",
            "Linux"
          ],
          "versions": [
            {
              "version": "2.0.0",
              "lessThan": "2.0.4",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "status": "affected",
              "changes": [
                {
                  "at": "1.21.9",
                  "status": "unaffected"
                },
                {
                  "at": "1.20.14",
                  "status": "unaffected"
                },
                {
                  "at": "1.19.20",
                  "status": "unaffected"
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "metrics": {
    "cvssMetricV31": [
      {
        "source": "[email protected]",
        "type": "Secondary",
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          "version": "3.1",
          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H",
          "baseScore": 8.2,
          "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
          "attackVector": "NETWORK",
          "attackComplexity": "HIGH",
          "privilegesRequired": "LOW",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
          "scope": "CHANGED",
          "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
          "integrityImpact": "HIGH",
          "availabilityImpact": "HIGH"
        },
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      }
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          "options": [
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            },
            {
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            },
            {
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            }
          ],
          "role": "CISA Coordinator",
          "version": "2.0.3"
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  "weaknesses": [
    {
      "source": "[email protected]",
      "type": "Secondary",
      "description": [
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          "value": "CWE-862"
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    }
  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-27-vault-enterprise-vulnerable-to-cross-namespace-entity-deletion/77634",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    }
  ]
}