Vault Secrets Operator vulnerable to arbitrary file read and credential exfiltration via AppRole secretIDPath

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-8715",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Vault Secrets Operator vulnerable to arbitrary file read and credential exfiltration via AppRole secretIDPath",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2026-8715",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
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        "BIT-consul-2026-8715",
        "CVE-2026-8715"
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          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N"
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      "affected": [
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              "repo": "https://github.com/hashicorp/vault-secrets-operator",
              "type": "GIT",
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          "versions": [
            "v1.4.0",
            "v1.4.1",
            "v1.3.0"
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          "database_specific": {
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:43.020420905Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-28-vault-secrets-operator-vulnerable-to-arbitrary-file-read-via-approle-secretidpath/77645",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/8xxx/CVE-2026-8715.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-8715",
        "https://github.com/hashicorp/vault-secrets-operator"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cwe_ids": [
          "CWE-552"
        ],
        "cna_assigner": "HashiCorp",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/8xxx/CVE-2026-8715.json"
      }
    },
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    "security_relevant": true,
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 510956,
  "published_at": "2026-08-13T20:27:39.489+00:00"
}