{"id":"CVE-2026-8715","aliases":[],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2026-8715","summary":"Vault Secrets Operator vulnerable to arbitrary file read and credential exfiltration via AppRole secretIDPath","details":"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.","published":"2026-08-13T20:27:39.489Z","modified":"2026-08-15T04:07:08.381303818Z","cvss":{"score":9.6,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N"},"epss":null,"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":null,"affectedPackages":[],"fix":null,"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-28-vault-secrets-operator-vulnerable-to-arbitrary-file-read-via-approle-secretidpath/77645"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/8xxx/CVE-2026-8715.json"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/hashicorp/vault-secrets-operator"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-8715"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-08-15T04:07:08.381303818Z"}}