CVE-2026-55100
Prior to 0.5.2, src/Vault.js concatenates unencoded identifier values including name, username, group, role, and version into Vault request paths and query strings instead of using encodeURIComponent() and URLSearchParams, allowing path traversal and…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.38%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
hashi-vault-js is a Node.js module for interacting with the HashiCorp Vault API. Prior to 0.5.2, src/Vault.js concatenates unencoded identifier values including name, username, group, role, and version into Vault request paths and query strings instead of using encodeURIComponent() and URLSearchParams, allowing path traversal and query parameter injection. This issue is fixed in version 0.5.2.
- CVSS 4.0
- 8.7 HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
- EPSS
- 0.38% probability · 32th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-23, CWE-74
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
References
- https://github.com/kyndryl-open-source/hashi-vault-js/commit/ea2f76052d366a08f35f62ef4c12b6a334c91ec2
- https://github.com/kyndryl-open-source/hashi-vault-js/pull/66
- https://github.com/kyndryl-open-source/hashi-vault-js/releases/tag/v0.5.2
- https://github.com/kyndryl-open-source/hashi-vault-js/security/advisories/GHSA-g956-2f74-rmv7
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.