HashiCorp Consul/Consul Enterprise allocation of resources

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise. This affects an unknown part. This manipulation causes allocation of resources. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2025-11374. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise (version now known). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a allocation of resources vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-770. The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Consul and Consul Enterprise’s (“Consul”) key/value endpoint is vulnerable to denial of service (DoS) due to incorrect Content Length header validation. This vulnerability, CVE-2025-11374, is fixed in Consul Community Edition 1.22.0 and Consul Enterprise 1.22.0, 1.21.6, 1.20.8 and 1.18.12.

It is possible to read the advisory at discuss.hashicorp.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-11374 since 10/06/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 271966 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-11374), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (271966) and EUVD (EUVD-2025-36559). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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CNA Base Score: 6.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Allocation of resources
CWE: CWE-770 / CWE-400 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 271966
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-11374

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

10/06/2025 CVE reserved
10/28/2025 +22 days Advisory disclosed
10/28/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
10/30/2025 +2 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: discuss.hashicorp.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-11374 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-11374
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-330343
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Entryinfo

Created: 10/28/2025 22:42
Updated: 10/30/2025 03:52
Changes: 10/28/2025 22:42 (60), 10/29/2025 03:27 (1), 10/30/2025 03:52 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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