#VU29132 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Consul and Consul Enterprise - CVE-2020-12797

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#VU29132 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Consul and Consul Enterprise - CVE-2020-12797

Published: June 18, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU29132
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-12797
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Consul
Consul Enterprise
Software vendor:
HashiCorp

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to the affected software fails to enforce changes to legacy ACL token rules due to non-propagation to secondary data centers, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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