Machine-written summary
Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.
Vault Community Edition (github.com/hashicorp/vault) versions 1.14.8 up to but not including 1.20.0 are affected. A Vault operator can cancel rekey and recovery key operations in an uncontrolled way, which can cause a denial of service. Upgrade to Vault 1.20.0. The source gives few details on the exact conditions required.
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Severity and exploitation
| Score | Rating | CVSS | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | Low | 3.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L | CNA (HashiCorp) |
- CISA KEV Not listed.
- EPSS 0.0027, the 18th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Timeline
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:14 UTC First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:14 UTC Confirmed by OSV