CVE-2026-5051mediumCWE-22

CVE-2026-5051: medium-severity vulnerability in HashiCorp Vault

Audit Log Plugin Directory Guard Bypass via Legacy path Option

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13Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.

ssvc Trackcvss 4.4epss 0.4%
HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise prior to 2.0.1 audit device validation logic did not consistently apply plugin directory protections when the legacy file audit path option was used. This vulnerability (CVE-2026-5051) is fixed in 2.0.1, 1.21.6, 1.20.11, and 1.19.17.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected products
HashiCorp · VaultHashiCorp · Vault Enterprise
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