CVE-2026-105818: Vault PKI ACME Issues Certificate With Unvalidated SANs
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2026-105818 is a medium (CVSS 5.9) vulnerability in hashicorp vault. EPSS estimates a 0.08% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 0.1% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 07-10-2026PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 08-10-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Vault's PKI secrets engine ACME server did not restrict certificate identities that ACME challenges do not validate when issuing certificates under the default directory policy. This may allow an ACME client to obtain a certificate containing unverified identity claims, potentially enabling impersonation toward systems that trust certificates issued by the affected Vault PKI mount. This vulnerability (CVE-2026-105818) is fixed in Vault Community Edition 2.1.2, and Vault Enterprise 2.1.2, 1.21.12, 1.20.17, and 1.19.23.
CVSS metrics
2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version- NVDNIST5.9MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
0.08%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
0%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
Change unavailable
Change unavailable
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Hashicorp2 products
- vault≥ 1.14.0, < 2.1.2
- vault enterprise≥ 1.14.0, < 2.1.2
1 vendor · 2 products