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CVE-2026-19017: Consul vulnerable to partial arbitrary file read via Vault Connect CA provider
- Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-08-07 · updated 2026-08-28
- Weakness: CWE-862
Description
Consul Community Edition and Consul Enterprise 1.18.21 through 2.0.2 are vulnerable to a partial arbitrary file read when configured to use the Vault Connect CA provider with JWT or AppRole authentication. A privileged attacker with `operator:write` permission may direct Consul to read and forward credential files outside the intended scope, potentially leading to the exfiltration of sensitive secrets from the Consul server host. This vulnerability, CVE-2026-19017, is fixed in Consul 2.0.3 and Consul Enterprise 1.21.17, 1.22.11, and 2.0.3.
Affected products
- HashiCorp Consul: from 1.18.21 before 2.0.3 — fixed in 2.0.3
- HashiCorp Consul Enterprise: from 1.18.21 before 2.0.3 — fixed in 2.0.3
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: HashiCorp Consul 2.0.3; HashiCorp Consul Enterprise 2.0.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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