Add HashiCorp Vault AppRole templated policy slash injection module (CVE-2026-5006) - #21849
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Adds auxiliary/gather module for CVE-2026-5006 (HCSEC-2026-32). An AppRole with a templated read policy such as secret/data/{{identity.entity.aliases.<accessor>.metadata.scope}}/* plus the self-service capability to rotate its own secret-id can mint a secret-id whose metadata.scope contains path separators. Vault <= 2.0.3 does not sanitize the '/', so the templated path traverses across segment boundaries and reads secrets outside the credential's intended scope, with no root or admin token. Tested against Vault 2.0.3. Signed-off-by: venexy <predator0x300@gmail.com>
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Summary
Auxiliary gather module for CVE-2026-5006 (HCSEC-2026-32). An AppRole granted a
templated read policy such as
secret/data/{{identity.entity.aliases.<accessor>.metadata.scope}}/*together withthe self-service capability to rotate its own secret-id can mint a secret-id whose
metadata.scopecontains path separators. Vault <= 2.0.3 does not sanitize the/,so the templated path traverses across segment boundaries and reads secrets outside
the credential's intended scope, without ever holding a root or admin token.
Fixed in Vault 2.0.4.
Verification
use auxiliary/gather/vault_approle_metadata_slash_injectionset RHOSTS,ROLE_ID,SECRET_IDrunTested against Vault 2.0.3.