Critical severity · published Aug 13, 2026
CVE-2026-8715
Vault Secrets Operator vulnerable to arbitrary file read and credential exfiltration via AppRole secretIDPath
9.6
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 41% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TO
Tooling · HashiCorp
1.3.0 before 1.5.0 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-8715
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-8715
discuss.hashicorp.com
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-28-vault-secrets-operator-vulnerable-to-arbitrary-file-read-via-approle-secretidpath/77645
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/08/28/3
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