CVE-2021-41805

moderate-risk
Published 2021-12-12

HashiCorp Consul Enterprise before 1.8.17, 1.9.x before 1.9.11, and 1.10.x before 1.10.4 has Incorrect Access Control. An ACL token (with the default operator:write permissions) in one namespace can be used for unintended privilege escalation in a different namespace.

Do I need to act?

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4.4% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate 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 8.8/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Hashicorp

References (6)

Vendor Advisory https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-29-consul-enterprise-namespace-defaul...
Third Party Advisory https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211229-0007/
Product https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/category/consul
Vendor Advisory https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-29-consul-enterprise-namespace-defaul...
Third Party Advisory https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211229-0007/
Product https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/category/consul
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moderate-risk
Severity 30/34 · Critical
Exploitability 8/34 · Low
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal