CVE-2026-5807
HIGH7.5EPSS 0.04%Vault Vulnerable to Denial-of-Service via Unauthenticated Root Token Generation/Rekey Operations
Published: 4/17/2026Modified: 4/21/2026
Description
Vault is vulnerable to a denial-of-service condition where an unauthenticated attacker can repeatedly initiate or cancel root token generation or rekey operations, occupying the single in-progress operation slot. This prevents legitimate operators from completing these workflows. This vulnerability, CVE-2026-5807, is fixed in Vault Community Edition 2.0.0 and Vault Enterprise 2.0.0.
Affected packages (2)
- Bitnami/vault>= 0.10.0, < 2.0.0
- Go/github.com/hashicorp/vaultfrom 0, <= 1.21.4
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |