# CVE-2026-14886: Vault Enterprise vulnerable to cross-namespace entity deletion

> CVE-2026-14886: Vault Enterprise vulnerable to cross-namespace entity deletion. CVSS 8.2 (CVSS 3.1).

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-14886
Last updated: 2026-10-23T19:10:00Z

- Published: 2026-08-10 18:57 UTC · Updated: 2026-10-23 19:10 UTC · Assigner: HashiCorp
- CVSS: 8.2 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: High · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
- EPSS: 0.33%, 26th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: no
- CWE: CWE-862

## Description

Vault Enterprise's identity entity batch-delete endpoint is vulnerable to a cross-namespace authorization bypass that may allow an authenticated caller in one namespace to permanently delete the storage backing of entities belonging to another namespace. This vulnerability (CVE-2026-14886) is fixed in Vault Enterprise 2.0.4, 1.21.9, 1.20.14 and 1.19.20.

## Affected vendors and products

- HashiCorp: Vault Enterprise

## Tracked companies

- [HashiCorp](https://rewindex.com/company/hashicorp.md)

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-14886)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-14886)
- [https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-27-vault-enterprise-vulnerable-to-cross-namespace-entity-deletion/77634](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-27-vault-enterprise-vulnerable-to-cross-namespace-entity-deletion/77634)

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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-14886 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-14886.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2026-14886 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T04:05:39.992Z