Medium severity · published Jan 31, 2020
CVE-2020-7955
HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise 1.4.1 through 1.6.2 did not uniformly enforce ACLs across all API endpoints, resulting in potential unintended information disclosure
5.3
CVSS
1.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise 1.4.1 through 1.6.2 did not uniformly enforce ACLs across all API endpoints, resulting in potential unintended information disclosure. Fixed in 1.6.3.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.4% · 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
1.4.1 before 1.6.2; 1.4.1 before 1.6.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7955
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-7955
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/issues/7160
Vendor Advisory
https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/category/consul/
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