CVE-2026-128100

Vault vulnerable to ACL deny bypass via case-variant auth method user and group names

Published Nov 13, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS n/a KEV · Not listed
Description
Vault Community Edition and Vault Enterprise did not apply explicit ACL policy deny rules to letter case variants of user and group names in auth methods that treat these names as case-insensitive. This may allow an authenticated user with delegated permissions to modify a protected user or group, potentially leading to privilege escalation. This vulnerability (CVE-2026-128100) is fixed in Vault Community Edition 2.2.2 and Vault Enterprise 2.2.2, 1.21.14, and 1.19.25.

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Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Vault Community Edition and Vault Enterprise did not apply explicit ACL policy deny rules to letter case variants of user and group names in auth methods that treat these names as case-insensitive. This may allow an authenticated user with delegated permissions to modify a protected user or group, potentially leading to privilege escalation. This vulnerability (CVE-2026-128100) is fixed in Vault Community Edition 2.2.2 and Vault Enterprise 2.2.2, 1.21.14, and 1.19.25.
Title Vault vulnerable to ACL deny bypass via case-variant auth method user and group names
Weaknesses CWE-178
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H'}

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-178

    Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
HashiCorp
Published
Updated
Nov 13, 2026, 8:10 PM
Reserved
Nov 12, 2026, 10:16 PM
Status
Received
Published
Nov 13, 2026, 8:18 PM
Modified
Nov 13, 2026, 8:18 PM