CVE-2026-105818Vault PKI ACME Issues Certificate With Unvalidated SANs
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Vault's PKI secrets engine ACME server did not restrict certificate identities that ACME challenges do not validate when issuing certificates under the default directory policy. This may allow an ACME client to obtain a certificate containing unverified identity claims, potentially enabling impersonation toward systems that trust certificates issued by the affected Vault PKI mount. This vulnerability (CVE-2026-105818) 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.
- CVSS
- 5.9 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-345
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- HashiCorp
- NVD analysis
- Awaiting Analysis
- Record last updated
- Oct 8, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
HashiCorp Vault hashicorp:vault (from the name) | from 1.14.0 before 2.1.2 | CNA record |
HashiCorp Vault Enterprise hashicorp:vault_enterprise (from the name) | from 1.14.0 before 2.1.2; fixed at 1.21.12, fixed at 1.20.17, fixed at 1.19.23 | CNA record |
References
- https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-40-vault-pki-acme-default-directory-policy-may-issue-certificates-with-unverified-identities/77812
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