Vulnerability · Published Aug 10, 2026 · Assigned by HashiCorp
CVE-2026-14886Vault Enterprise vulnerable to cross-namespace entity deletion
High 8.2
In plain English
A high-severity missing authorization in Vault Enterprise from HashiCorp. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 26% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
Vault Enterprise's identity entity batch-delete endpoint is vulnerable to a cross-namespace authorization bypass that may allow an authenticated caller in one namespace to permanently delete the storage backing of entities belonging to another namespace. This vulnerability (CVE-2026-14886) is fixed in Vault Enterprise 2.0.4, 1.21.9, 1.20.14 and 1.19.20.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| HashiCorp | Vault Enterprise | 2.0.0 – before 2.0.4 |
Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H