CVE-2026-55100

hashi-vault-js has a path traversal and query parameter injection

Published Jul 31, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 8.7 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-g956-2f74-rmv7 hashi-vault-js has a path traversal and query parameter injection
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Kyndryl-open-source
Kyndryl-open-source hashi-vault-js
Vendors & Products Kyndryl-open-source
Kyndryl-open-source hashi-vault-js
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
Title hashi-vault-js has a path traversal and query parameter injection
Weaknesses CWE-23
CWE-74
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Jul 31, 2026, 7:57 PM
Reserved
Jun 16, 2026, 2:41 PM
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
Jul 31, 2026, 6:17 PM
Modified
Oct 23, 2026, 11:10 PM