4.4

CVE-2026-5051: hashicorp vault Path Traversal

CVSS: 4.4v3.1MediumDeferred
AliasesCGA-23qf-rhq6-3fchCGA-6jq8-j7q3-7885CGA-pf48-9x9r-2q4m
Published 01-07-2026Last modified 01-07-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-5051 is a medium (CVSS 4.4) Path Traversal vulnerability in hashicorp vault. EPSS estimates a 0.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 31.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
18/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.4/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.38%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 0 · Related 1
CGA-3VQR-3R97-8WXX

Timeline

  1. 01-07-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 01-07-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.38%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

31%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.38% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.38%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Chainguard7 products
  • splunk-otel-collector< 0.157.0-r0
  • splunk-otel-collector-compat< 0.160.0-r0
  • splunk-otel-collector-fips< 0.157.0-r0
  • vault-1.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • vault-1.20All versions (No fix recorded)
Hashicorp2 products
Wolfi2 products
  • splunk-otel-collector< 0.157.0-r0
  • splunk-otel-collector-compat< 0.160.0-r0

3 vendors · 11 products

References

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