High severity · published Jan 31, 2020
CVE-2020-7219
HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise up to 1.6.2 HTTP/RPC services allowed unbounded resource usage, and were susceptible to unauthenticated denial of service
7.5
CVSS
2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise up to 1.6.2 HTTP/RPC services allowed unbounded resource usage, and were susceptible to unauthenticated denial of service. Fixed in 1.6.3.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.0% · higher than 81% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CO
Consul · Hashicorp
before 1.6.2; before 1.6.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7219
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-7219
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/issues/7159
Vendor Advisory
https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/category/consul/
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