CVE-2023-0845: Consul Server Panic when Ingress and API Gateways Configured with Peering

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-03-09 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-476

Description

Consul and Consul Enterprise allowed an authenticated user with service:write permissions to trigger a workflow that causes Consul server and client agents to crash under certain circumstances. This vulnerability was fixed in Consul 1.14.5.

Affected products

HashiCorp Consul: before 1.14.5 — fixed in 1.14.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: HashiCorp Consul 1.14.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2023-06-consul-server-panic-when-ingress-and-api-gateways-configured-with-peering-connections/51197
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LYZOKMMVX4SIEHPJW3SJUQGMO5YZCPHC/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XNF4OLYZRQE75EB5TW5N42FSXHBXGWFE/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZTE4ITXXPIWZEQ4HYQCB6N6GZIMWXDAI/
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2023-06-consul-server-panic-when-ingress-and-api-gateways-configured-with-peering-connections/51197
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LYZOKMMVX4SIEHPJW3SJUQGMO5YZCPHC/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XNF4OLYZRQE75EB5TW5N42FSXHBXGWFE/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZTE4ITXXPIWZEQ4HYQCB6N6GZIMWXDAI/

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