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HashiCorp Consul can use cleartext agent-to-agent RPC communication

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 14, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jun 9, 2023

Package

gomod github.com/hashicorp/consul (Go)

Affected versions

>= 0.5.1, < 1.4.1

Patched versions

1.4.1

Description

HashiCorp Consul 0.5.1 through 1.4.0 can use cleartext agent-to-agent RPC communication because the verify_outgoing setting is improperly documented. NOTE: the vendor has provided reconfiguration steps that do not require a software upgrade.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Dec 9, 2018
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 14, 2022
Last updated Jun 9, 2023
Reviewed Jun 9, 2023

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(50th percentile)

Weaknesses

No CWEs

CVE ID

CVE-2018-19653

GHSA ID

GHSA-4qvx-qq5w-695p

Source code

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