Description
Vault Enterprise's identity entity batch-delete endpoint is vulnerable to a cross-namespace authorization bypass that may allow an authenticated caller in one namespace to permanently delete the storage backing of entities belonging to another namespace. This vulnerability (CVE-2026-14886) is fixed in Vault Enterprise 2.0.4, 1.21.9, 1.20.14 and 1.19.20.
Published: 2026-08-10
Score: 8.2 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Wed, 12 Aug 2026 18:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 11 Aug 2026 03:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Hashicorp
Hashicorp vault Enterprise
Vendors & Products Hashicorp
Hashicorp vault Enterprise

Mon, 10 Aug 2026 19:30:00 +0000

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Description Vault Enterprise's identity entity batch-delete endpoint is vulnerable to a cross-namespace authorization bypass that may allow an authenticated caller in one namespace to permanently delete the storage backing of entities belonging to another namespace. This vulnerability (CVE-2026-14886) is fixed in Vault Enterprise 2.0.4, 1.21.9, 1.20.14 and 1.19.20.
Title Vault Enterprise vulnerable to cross-namespace entity deletion
Weaknesses CWE-862
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H'}


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Hashicorp Vault Enterprise
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: HashiCorp

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-12T18:04:39.454Z

Reserved: 2026-07-06T17:09:55.102Z

Link: CVE-2026-14886

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-12T18:04:18.627Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-10T20:17:26.683

Modified: 2026-08-12T18:17:23.683

Link: CVE-2026-14886

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-11T03:00:04Z

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