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TI-2026-03930 Aliases CVE-2026-4525GHSA-72gw-fmmr-c4r4

Vault Token Leaked to Backends via Authorization: Bearer Passthrough Header

Priority MEDIUM 40CWE-201Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-201.

Summary

If a Vault auth mount is configured to pass through the "Authorization" header, and the "Authorization" header is used to authenticate to Vault, Vault forwarded the Vault token to the auth plugin backend. Fixed in 2.0.0, 1.21.5, 1.20.10, and 1.19.16.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00406 35th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Vault (HashiCorp): 2.0.0Vault Enterprise (HashiCorp): 2.0.0Red Hat: 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
HashiCorpVault0.11.2 to before 2.0.02.0.0Patch availableCNA
HashiCorpVault Enterprise0.11.2 to before 2.0.02.0.0Patch availableCNA
—github.com/hashicorp/vault (Go)0.11.2 – 1.21.4—No fix listedGHSA-72gw-fmmr-c4r4
  • Vault VendorHashiCorp Affected 0.11.2 to before 2.0.0 Fixed in 2.0.0 Patch available CNA
  • Vault Enterprise VendorHashiCorp Affected 0.11.2 to before 2.0.0 Fixed in 2.0.0 Patch available CNA
  • github.com/hashicorp/vault (Go) Vendor— Affected 0.11.2 – 1.21.4 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-72gw-fmmr-c4r4

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*0.11.2 to before 1.19.16VulnerableHashiCorp
cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*0.11.2 to before 2.0.0VulnerableHashiCorp
cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*1.20.0 to before 1.20.10; 1.21.0 to before 1.21.5VulnerableHashiCorp
  • cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* Versions 0.11.2 to before 1.19.16 Vulnerable ·HashiCorp
  • cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* Versions 0.11.2 to before 2.0.0 Vulnerable ·HashiCorp
  • cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vault:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* Versions 1.20.0 to before 1.20.10; 1.21.0 to before 1.21.5 Vulnerable ·HashiCorp

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Vault (HashiCorp) Fixed in 2.0.0
  • Fix · CNA Vault Enterprise (HashiCorp) Fixed in 2.0.0

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    HashiCorp Vault 2.0.0

    4 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 3 MEDIUM, 1 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2026-04407 Vault Vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in ACME Challenge Validation via Attacker-Controlled DNSPriority MEDIUM 43
    • TI-2026-05088 Vault Vulnerable to Denial-of-Service via Unauthenticated Root Token Generation/Rekey OperationsPriority MEDIUM 40
    • TI-2026-03109 Vault KVv2 Metadata and Secret Deletion Policy Bypass Denial-of-ServicePriority LOW 37
    Show all 4 records →
  • Release ·

    HashiCorp Vault Enterprise 2.0.0

    3 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 2 MEDIUM, 1 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2026-04407 Vault Vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in ACME Challenge Validation via Attacker-Controlled DNSPriority MEDIUM 43
    • TI-2026-03109 Vault KVv2 Metadata and Secret Deletion Policy Bypass Denial-of-ServicePriority LOW 37
    Show all 3 records →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4AffectedNo fix yet
Not affected: 2 products
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
  • Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-4525
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-72gw-fmmr-c4r4

References

Advisory 3

Other 4

  • 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
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Sources

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