CVE-2021-38698

moderate-risk
Published 2021-09-07

HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise 1.10.1 Txn.Apply endpoint allowed services to register proxies for other services, enabling access to service traffic. Fixed in 1.8.15, 1.9.9 and 1.10.2.

Do I need to act?

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0.56% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 6.5/10 Medium
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (2)

Affected Vendors

Hashicorp

References (6)

Vendor Advisory https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-24-consul-missing-authorization-check...
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-09
Product https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/category/consul
Vendor Advisory https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-24-consul-missing-authorization-check...
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-09
Product https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/category/consul
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moderate-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 2/34 · Minimal
Exposure 7/34 · Low