#VU21292 Improper access control in consul - CVE-2019-16377
Published: September 24, 2019 / Updated: September 24, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU21292
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-2019-16377
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
consul
consul
Software vendor:
makandra
makandra
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to certain controller actions.
The vulnerability exists in the consul gem for Ruby on Rails when processing multiple power directives. As a result, the ":only" and ":except" options of the last directive apply to all previous directives. A remote attacker can gain unauthenticated access to certain controller actions.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.