Resource exhaustion in Hashicorp Vault

CVE-2026-5807

Vault is vulnerable to a denial-of-service condition where an unauthenticated attacker can repeatedly initiate or cancel root token generation or rekey operations, occupying the single in-progress operation slot. This prevents legitimate operators from completing these workflows. This vulnerability, CVE-2026-5807, is fixed in Vault Community Edition 2.0.0 and Vault Enterprise 2.0.0.

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (58.4th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 58.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2026-5807: held from 0.007 to 0.009.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.009 · change: +0.002

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Weakness classification (CWE)

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-5807?
CVE-2026-5807 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hashicorp Vault, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-04-17.
How severe is CVE-2026-5807?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.