Medium4.4Red Hat Linux

Medium [CVE-2026-5051] Audit device validation bypass via legacy file audit path option

This medium-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-5051.

CVE-2026-5051 Published Jul 1, 2026Updated by vendor Jul 1, 2026

CVE-2026-5051

Affected products & platforms

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Summary

HashiCorp Vault and Vault Enterprise prior to 2.0.1 audit device validation logic did not consistently apply plugin directory protections when the legacy file audit path option was used. This vulnerability (CVE-2026-5051) is fixed in 2.0.1, 1.21.6, 1.20.11, and 1.19.17.

This inconsistency could allow an attacker to bypass security controls, potentially leading to unauthorized access to sensitive information. Red Hat products that bundle the Vault Go client library (github.com/hashicorp/vault/api) are not affected because they only use the client SDK to connect to external Vault servers for secrets/KMS operations.

The vulnerable code is in the Vault server's audit subsystem (vault/audit, vault/vault, vault/builtin packages), which is not imported or executed by any Red Hat product. Red Hat severity: Moderate — CVSS 4.4 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).

Weakness: CWE-807. Red Hat lists Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4; Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4 as not affected.

Affected versions

< 2.0.1

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Fixed versions

2.0.1
1.21.6
1.20.11
1.19.17

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Mitigation checklist

Recommended fix / mitigation

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.

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