High severity · published Jun 2, 2023
CVE-2023-1297
Consul and Consul Enterprise's cluster peering implementation contained a flaw whereby a peer cluster with service of the same name as a local service could corrupt Consul state,…
7.5
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Consul and Consul Enterprise's cluster peering implementation contained a flaw whereby a peer cluster with service of the same name as a local service could corrupt Consul state, resulting in denial of service. This vulnerability was resolved in Consul 1.14.5, and 1.15.3
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)0.8% · higher than 55% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CO
Consul · Hashicorp
1.13.0 before 1.14.7; 1.13.0 before 1.14.7; 1.15.0 before 1.15.3; 1.15.0 before 1.15.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1297
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-1297
Vendor Advisory
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2023-15-consul-cluster-peering-can-result-in-denial-of-service/54515
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