HashiCorp Consul/Consul Enterprise Service Mesh authorization
| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability was found in HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component Service Mesh. This manipulation causes authorization. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-105765. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.
Details
A vulnerability was found in HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise (unknown version). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Service Mesh. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-639. The system's authorization functionality does not prevent one user from gaining access to another user's data or record by modifying the key value identifying the data. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:
HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise 1.17.0 up to 2.0.4 are vulnerable to an authorization bypass in the agent's service mesh leaf certificate API that may allow an attacker without a valid ACL token to retrieve a cached service leaf certificate and its private key. This vulnerability (CVE-2026-105765) is fixed in Consul Community Edition 2.1.0 and Consul Enterprise 2.1.0 and 1.21.19.
It is possible to read the advisory at discuss.hashicorp.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-105765 since 10/05/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/26/2026).
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
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Product
Vendor
Name
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.4VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4
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VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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CNA Base Score: 7.5
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Exploiting
Class: AuthorizationCWE: CWE-639 / CWE-285 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
10/05/2026 CVE reserved10/26/2026 Advisory disclosed
10/26/2026 VulDB entry created
10/26/2026 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Advisory: discuss.hashicorp.comStatus: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2026-105765 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-105765
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-426571
Entry
Created: 10/26/2026 18:55Changes: 10/26/2026 18:55 (60)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103
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