Idira Secrets Manager (Self-Hosted): Improper Authorization in REST API

published 2026-10-15 24 d ago modified 2026-10-15 24 d ago also EUVD-2026-102300

cvss: 8.6; version 4.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 10%
public exploits: 0; none known

An authorization flaw in Idira Conjur version 13.9.0 allows an authenticated user with limited privileges to perform unauthorized actions on a policy branch. Under specific circumstances, an attacker could potentially leverage this to retrieve unauthorized secrets, alter administrative access controls on the branch or cause a denial of service (DoS). Idira Security Bulletin CA26-38.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Palo Alto Networks Idira Secrets Manager (Self-Hosted) 13.9.1

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 24 d ago (2026-10-15)

Exploit prediction

0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 10% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	4.0	8.6	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/S:N/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber
CNA	4.0	8.6	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:N/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber

Affected products

Palo Alto Networks Idira Secrets Manager (Self-Hosted)

Classification

Weakness

CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization

References

docs.cyberark.com /secrets-manager-sh/13.9/en/content/enterprise/releasenotes/release-notes-13.9.1.htm?tocpath=Get%20started%7CR
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2026-45165
NVD CVE-2026-45165

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Summary