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CVE-2022-38149

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-08-17 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-532

Description

HashiCorp Consul Template up to 0.27.2, 0.28.2, and 0.29.1 may expose the contents of Vault secrets in the error returned by the *template.Template.Execute method, when given a template using Vault secret contents incorrectly. Fixed in 0.27.3, 0.28.3, and 0.29.2.

Affected products

• HashiCorp Consul Template: before 0.29.2 — fixed in 0.29.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: HashiCorp Consul Template 0.29.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://discuss.hashicorp.com
• https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hsec-2022-16-consul-template-may-expose-vault-secrets-when-processing-invalid-input/43215
• https://discuss.hashicorp.com
• https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hsec-2022-16-consul-template-may-expose-vault-secrets-when-processing-invalid-input/43215

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