Medium severity · published Nov 23, 2020
CVE-2020-28053
HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise 1.2.0 up to 1.8.5 allowed operators with operator:read ACL permissions to read the Connect CA private key configuration
6.5
CVSS
1.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise 1.2.0 up to 1.8.5 allowed operators with operator:read ACL permissions to read the Connect CA private key configuration. Fixed in 1.6.10, 1.7.10, and 1.8.6.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.5% · higher than 73% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CO
Consul · Hashicorp
1.2.0 before 1.6.10; 1.2.0 before 1.6.10; 1.7.0 before 1.7.10; 1.7.0 before 1.7.10; 1.8.0 before 1.8.6; 1.8.0 before 1.8.6 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-28053
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-28053
Release Notes
https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#186-november-19-2020
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-09
Product
https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/category/consul
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