Consul's event endpoint is vulnerable to denial of service
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 1 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-770.
Summary
Consul and Consul Enterprise’s (“Consul”) event endpoint is vulnerable to denial of service (DoS) due to lack of maximum value on the Content Length header. This vulnerability, CVE-2025-11375, is fixed in Consul Community Edition 1.22.0 and Consul Enterprise 1.22.0, 1.21.6, 1.20.8 and 1.18.12.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HashiCorp | Consul | before 1.22.0 | 1.22.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| HashiCorp | Consul Enterprise | before 1.22.0 | 1.22.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | github.com/hashicorp/consul (Go) | before 1.22.0 | 1.22.0 | Patch available | GHSA-qh7p-pfq3-677h |
- Consul VendorHashiCorp Affected before 1.22.0 Fixed in 1.22.0 Patch available CNA
- Consul Enterprise VendorHashiCorp Affected before 1.22.0 Fixed in 1.22.0 Patch available CNA
- github.com/hashicorp/consul (Go) Vendor— Affected before 1.22.0 Fixed in 1.22.0 Patch available GHSA-qh7p-pfq3-677h
CPE configurations NVD · 3
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:consul:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | before 1.18.12 | Vulnerable | HashiCorp |
| cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:consul:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* | before 1.22.0 | Vulnerable | HashiCorp |
| cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:consul:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | 1.19.0 to before 1.20.8; 1.21.0 to before 1.21.6 | Vulnerable | HashiCorp |
- cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:consul:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* Versions before 1.18.12 Vulnerable ·HashiCorp
- cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:consul:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* Versions before 1.22.0 Vulnerable ·HashiCorp
- cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:consul:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* Versions 1.19.0 to before 1.20.8; 1.21.0 to before 1.21.6 Vulnerable ·HashiCorp
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Consul (HashiCorp) Fixed in 1.22.0
- Fix · CNA Consul Enterprise (HashiCorp) Fixed in 1.22.0
- Fix · GHSA-qh7p-pfq3-677h github.com/hashicorp/consul (Go) Fixed in 1.22.0 Advisory →
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
HashiCorp Consul, Consul Enterprise 1.22.0
2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2025-10421 Consul's KV endpoint is vulnerable to denial of servicePriority LOW 29
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-11375
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qh7p-pfq3-677h
References
Advisory 2
More HashiCorp Consul vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-18437 HashiCorp Consul Enterprise before 1.8.17, 1.9.x before 1.9.11, and 1.10.x before 1.10.4… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2022-11698 HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise up to 1.9.16, 1.10.9, and 1.11.4 may allow server… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2021-02215 An issue was discovered in GoGo Protobuf before 1.3.2. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
- TI-2024-09286 Consul L7 Intentions Vulnerable To Headers Bypass CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3
- TI-2023-02638 Consul Envoy Extension Downsteam Proxy Configuration By Upstream Service Owner CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.7
- TI-2022-03595 Consul Peering Imported Nodes/Services Leak CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2025-11375 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-11375 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-qh7p-pfq3-677h · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2025-11375 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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