CVE-2021-41805

HashiCorp Consul Enterprise before 1.8.17, 1.9.x before 1.9.11, and 1.10.x before 1.10.4 has Incorrect Access Control. An ACL token (with the default operator:write permissions) in one namespace can be used for unintended privilege escalation in a different namespace.

CVSS v3.0 8.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.5 MEDIUM

8.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

6.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/category/consul	Product Vendor Advisory
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-29-consul-enterprise-namespace-default-acls-allow-privilege-escalation/31871	Vendor Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211229-0007/	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:consul:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:consul:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:consul:::::enterprise:::*

Information

Published : 2021-12-11 21:15

Updated : 2022-03-31 09:31

NVD link : CVE-2021-41805

Mitre link : CVE-2021-41805

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-863

Incorrect Authorization

Products Affected

hashicorp

consul

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8.8 /10