Authorization bypass in HashiCorp Consul health check registration
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · Low
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 2 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-639.
Summary
HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise from 0.7.2 before 2.1.0 contain an authorization bypass in health check registration (CWE-639). An authenticated user can modify health checks belonging to another service on the same node.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-30
Description from the CNA
HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise are vulnerable to an authorization bypass in health check registration that may allow an authenticated user to modify health checks belonging to another service on the same node. This vulnerability (CVE-2026-115804) is fixed in Consul Community Edition 2.1.0 and Consul Enterprise 2.1.0 and 1.21.19.
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
Remediation
Upgrade Consul to 2.1.0 and Consul Enterprise to 2.1.0 or 1.21.19. Red Hat lists Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 as affected, with no fix available.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-30
- Fix · CNA Consul (HashiCorp) Fixed in 2.1.0
- Fix · CNA Consul Enterprise (HashiCorp) Fixed in 2.1.0
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
HashiCorp Consul, Consul Enterprise 2.1.0
4 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 3 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-80535 Authorization bypass in Consul service mesh proxy registrationPriority MEDIUM 40
- TI-2026-80543 Denial of service in HashiCorp Consul HTTP API exhausts memoryPriority LOW 39
- TI-2026-80532 Consul authorization bypass exposes leaf certificates and private keysPriority LOW 38
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Timeline
- 2026-10-26 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-115804
- 2026-10-26 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-26 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-10-27 Alias added: GHSA-9vq3-c4rf-pm8v
- 2026-10-30 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-30 CVSS score added · Red Hat
References
More HashiCorp vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-01904 Vault Cert Auth Method Did Not Correctly Validate Non-CA Certificates CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- 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-2026-06570 Nomad vulnerable to path traversal in dynamic host volume which may lead to code execution CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2020-17753 The official Consul Docker images 0.7.1 through 1.4.2 contain a blank password for a root… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-13641 consul-mcp-server vulnerable to cross-tenant credential reuse in streamable-HTTP stateless mode CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2026-13778 terraform-mcp-server vulnerable to cross-tenant credential reuse in streamable-HTTP stateless mode CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
Sources
- CVE-2026-115804 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-115804 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9vq3-c4rf-pm8v · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-115804 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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