HashiCorp Vault Enterprise’s Sentinel EGP policy feature incorrectly allowed requests to…
Priority LOW 26Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
HashiCorp Vault Enterprise’s Sentinel EGP policy feature incorrectly allowed requests to be processed in parent and sibling namespaces. Fixed in 1.5.6 and 1.6.1.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00819 57th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 4
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* | 1.5.0 to before 1.5.6 | Vulnerable | HashiCorp |
| cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | 1.5.0 to before 1.5.6 | Vulnerable | HashiCorp |
| cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* | 1.6.0 to before 1.6.1 | Vulnerable | HashiCorp |
| cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | 1.6.0 to before 1.6.1 | Vulnerable | HashiCorp |
- cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* Versions 1.5.0 to before 1.5.6 Vulnerable ·HashiCorp
- cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* Versions 1.5.0 to before 1.5.6 Vulnerable ·HashiCorp
- cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* Versions 1.6.0 to before 1.6.1 Vulnerable ·HashiCorp
- cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* Versions 1.6.0 to before 1.6.1 Vulnerable ·HashiCorp
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 6 products
- Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift
- OpenShift Service Mesh 2.0
- Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Red Hat Openshift Container Storage 4
- Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-35453
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-569v-h22j-3gcc
References
More HashiCorp Vault vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-01904 Vault Cert Auth Method Did Not Correctly Validate Non-CA Certificates CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-19053 An issue was discovered in HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise before 1.11.3. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2020-17874 The official vault docker images before 0.11.6 contain a blank password for a root user. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2020-10142 HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.4.0 and 1.4.1, when configured with the GCP… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-04407 Vault Vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in ACME Challenge Validation via Attacker-Controlled DNS CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
- TI-2025-05421 Arbitrary Remote Code Execution via Plugin Catalog Abuse CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
Sources
- CVE-2020-35453 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-35453 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-569v-h22j-3gcc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2020-35453 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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