What is CVE-2018-19653?

CVE-2018-19653 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hashicorp Consul, classified under Cryptographic Issues. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2018-12-09.

How severe is CVE-2018-19653?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Hashicorp Consul

CVE-2018-19653

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.

Vulnerability class: POODLE (CVE-2014-3566)

EPSS: 0.012 (65.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Hashicorp Consul
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-310 — Cryptographic Issues

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-19653?: CVE-2018-19653 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hashicorp Consul, classified under Cryptographic Issues. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2018-12-09.
How severe is CVE-2018-19653?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.