CVE-2026-5807

HIGH

7.5

Description

Vault is vulnerable to a denial-of-service condition where an unauthenticated attacker can repeatedly initiate or cancel root token generation or rekey operations, occupying the single in-progress operation slot. This prevents legitimate operators from completing these workflows. This vulnerability, CVE-2026-5807, is fixed in Vault Community Edition 2.0.0 and Vault Enterprise 2.0.0.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score7.5

SeverityHIGH

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published4/17/2026

Last Modified4/17/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-770

References

https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-08-vault-vulnerable-to-denial-of-service-via-unauthenticated-root-token-generation-rekey-operations/77345(security@hashicorp.com)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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