#VU29127 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Consul and Consul Enterprise - CVE-2020-13170
Published: June 18, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU29127
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-13170
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Consul
Consul Enterprise
Consul
Consul Enterprise
Software vendor:
HashiCorp
HashiCorp
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to the affected software does not appropriately enforce scope for local tokens issued by a primary data center, where replication to a secondary data center was not enabled., which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.