CVE-2026-5051

published 2026-07-01

CVE-2026-5051: 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…

medium 4.4 CVSS 3.1

AV N AC H PR H UI N S U C H I N A N

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.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
hashicorp	vault	>= 1.20.1 < 2.0.1	2.0.1
hashicorp	vault_enterprise	>= 1.19.0 < 2.0.1	2.0.1

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