01 Record
CVE-2026-3605
Vault KVv2 Metadata and Secret Deletion Policy Bypass Denial-of-Service
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: HashiCorp
CNA base score8.1 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
02 Description
Vault KVv2 Metadata and Secret Deletion Policy Bypass Denial-of-Service
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.37% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 31.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-26.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-04-17 02:44Z6 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-07-15 01:02Z3 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-03-05
- Assigning CNA
- HashiCorp
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 8.1)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 7e3dd06190f57cd07fad5fa9e73d39e1296afbef108a7e04c931869b1d3242ef
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- discuss.hashicorp.comhttps://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-05-vault-kvv2-metadata-and-secret-deletion-policy-bypass-denial-of-service/77342
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-3605
- bugzilla.redhat.comRHBZ#2459105https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2459105
- security.access.redhat.comhttps://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-3605.json