{"id":"BIT-consul-2026-8715","summary":"Vault Secrets Operator vulnerable to arbitrary file read and credential exfiltration via AppRole secretIDPath","details":"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.","aliases":["CVE-2026-8715"],"modified":"2026-08-31T08:00:04.198356982Z","published":"2026-08-19T08:38:53.050Z","database_specific":{"severity":"Critical","cpes":["cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:consul:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*"]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-28-vault-secrets-operator-vulnerable-to-arbitrary-file-read-via-approle-secretidpath/77645"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-8715"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/08/28/3"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"consul","ecosystem":"Bitnami","purl":"pkg:bitnami/consul"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"1.3.0"},{"fixed":"1.5.0"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/consul/BIT-consul-2026-8715.json"},"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N"}]}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}