CVE-2026-105816
Vault and Vault Enterprise did not consistently verify that stored plugin catalog entries reference…
- Risk score
- 53/100
- CVSS
- 8.0 v3.1
- Exploit chance (30 days)
- 0.3%
- Published
- 7 Oct 2026
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What to know
- What it is
- Vault and Vault Enterprise did not consistently verify that stored plugin catalog entries reference binaries within the configured plugin directory. When Vault uses Shamir seals and has an external plugin directory configured, a privileged operator able to restore an Integrated Storage (Raft) snapshot may be able to e…
- Affected
- See advisory
- Fix
- Apply the vendor's security update; see the linked advisory.
- Exploitation
- No known exploitation
Why it is Yellow
- CVSS 8.0 high
References
Original description
Vault and Vault Enterprise did not consistently verify that stored plugin catalog entries reference binaries within the configured plugin directory. When Vault uses Shamir seals and has an external plugin directory configured, a privileged operator able to restore an Integrated Storage (Raft) snapshot may be able to execute arbitrary code on the Vault host. This vulnerability (CVE-2026-105816) is fixed in Vault Community Edition 2.1.2, and Vault Enterprise 2.1.2, 1.21.12, 1.20.17, and 1.19.23.
Last activity 7 Oct 2026. Patch Forecast updates every hour.