High severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 31, 2026· Updated Jul 31, 2026
hashi-vault-js has a path traversal and query parameter injection
CVE-2026-55100
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.
Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
hashi-vault-jsnpm | < 0.5.2 | 0.5.2 |
Affected products
1- Range: <0.5.2
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- github.com/advisories/GHSA-g956-2f74-rmv7ghsaADVISORY
- github.com/kyndryl-open-source/hashi-vault-js/commit/ea2f76052d366a08f35f62ef4c12b6a334c91ec2ghsax_refsource_MISCWEB
- github.com/kyndryl-open-source/hashi-vault-js/pull/66ghsax_refsource_MISCWEB
- github.com/kyndryl-open-source/hashi-vault-js/releases/tag/v0.5.2ghsax_refsource_MISCWEB
- github.com/kyndryl-open-source/hashi-vault-js/security/advisories/GHSA-g956-2f74-rmv7ghsax_refsource_CONFIRMWEB
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