CVE-2018-19653: HashiCorp Consul 0.5.1 through 1.4.0 can use cleartext agent-to-agent RPC communication because the verify_outgoing setting is improperly documented

Medium severity · published Dec 9, 2018

CVE-2018-19653

HashiCorp Consul 0.5.1 through 1.4.0 can use cleartext agent-to-agent RPC communication because the verify_outgoing setting is improperly documented

5.9

CVSS

1.2%

EPSS

On KEV

Description

HashiCorp Consul 0.5.1 through 1.4.0 can use cleartext agent-to-agent RPC communication because the verify_outgoing setting is improperly documented. NOTE: the vendor has provided reconfiguration steps that do not require a software upgrade.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack vector

Network

Complexity

High

Privileges

None

User interaction

None

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Scope

Unchanged

Exploitation

Is it being used?

Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.2% · higher than 69% of CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet

CISA KEVNot listed

Ransomware campaign useNot known

Affected products

Which versions

Consul · Hashicorp

0.5.1 through 1.4.0 · source: NVD

Affected product

Consul

Hashicorp

All Consul CVEs

References

NVD

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19653

CVE.org

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-19653

Issue Tracking

https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/pull/5069

groups.google.com

https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/consul-tool/7TCw06oio0I