Vulnerability intelligence

CVE-2026-8715

Vault Secrets Operator 1.3.0 up to 1.4.1 is vulnerable to an arbitrary file read and credential exfiltration issue in the AppRole authentication configuration that may allow a tenant with limited Kubernetes RBAC permissions to read files from the operator pod's filesystem and transmit their contents to a tenant-controlled endpoint, potentially leading to privilege escalation within the cluster. This vulnerability (CVE-2026-8715) is fixed in Vault Secrets Operator 1.5.0.

CVSS Score

9.6

Critical

EPSS — Exploit Probability

0.5%

Riskier than 38% of all CVEs · checked 2026-10-03

Exploitation

Not in CISA KEV

KEV does not include every exploited vulnerability

Remediation

unknown

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