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CVE-2021-38698

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-09-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise 1.10.1 Txn.Apply endpoint allowed services to register proxies for other services, enabling access to service traffic. Fixed in 1.8.15, 1.9.9 and 1.10.2.

Affected products

• HashiCorp Consul: before 1.8.15; from 1.9.0 before 1.9.9; from 1.10.0 before 1.10.2 — fixed in 1.10.2, 1.8.15, 1.9.9

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: HashiCorp Consul 1.10.2, 1.8.15, 1.9.9. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-24-consul-missing-authorization-check-on-txn-apply-endpoint/29026
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-09
• https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/category/consul
• https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-24-consul-missing-authorization-check-on-txn-apply-endpoint/29026
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-09
• https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/category/consul

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