CVE-2026-45169 (GCVE-0-2026-45169)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-12 04:32 – Updated: 2026-06-12 14:02
VLAI
Title
Idira Privileged Access Manager (PAM) Self-Hosted Vault: Denial of Service due to Unexpected Input Processing
Summary
Idira Privileged Access Manager (PAM) Self-Hosted Vault versions prior to 15.0.3, 14.6.5, 14.2.7, and 14.0.8 exhibit a validation vulnerability. Under specific circumstances and configuration scenarios, processing unexpected input could potentially lead to an unexpected service termination, resulting in a localized denial of service (DoS). CyberArk Security Bulletin: CA26-17
Severity
8.7 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/U:Amber
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
CyberArk Software, a Palo Alto Networks Company PAM SH Vault Affected: 14.0 , < 14.0.8 (custom)
Affected: 14.2 , < 14.2.7 (custom)
Affected: 14.6 , < 14.6.5 (custom)
Affected: 15.0 , < 15.0.3 (custom)
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Date Public
2026-06-11 17:10
Credits
Palo Alto Networks thanks our internal security research teams for discovering and reporting this issue
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