Copyright © 2012 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved. Moderate 2026-07-01T17:10:56 Vault: Vault Enterprise: HashiCorp Vault: Audit device validation bypass via legacy file audit path option 4.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CWE-807

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.

A flaw was found in HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise. The audit device validation logic did not consistently apply plugin directory protections when a legacy file audit path option was used. This inconsistency could allow an attacker to bypass security controls, potentially leading to unauthorized access to sensitive information.

A flaw was found in HashiCorp Vault's server-side audit device validation logic. Red Hat products that bundle the Vault Go client library (github.com/hashicorp/vault/api) are not affected because they only use the client SDK to connect to external Vault servers for secrets/KMS operations. The vulnerable code is in the Vault server's audit subsystem (vault/audit, vault/vault, vault/builtin packages), which is not imported or executed by any Red Hat product. Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability. Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 Not affected openshift4/ose-baremetal-installer-rhel9 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 Not affected openshift4/ose-installer-rhel9 Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4 Not affected odf4/cephcsi-rhel9 Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4 Not affected odf4/mcg-cli-rhel9 Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4 Not affected odf4/mcg-rhel9-operator Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4 Not affected odf4/odf-cli-rhel9 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-5051 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-5051 https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-16-vault-audit-device-plugin-directory-guard-bypass-via-legacy-path-option/77536