Resource exhaustion in Hashicorp Consul
CVE-2020-13250
HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise include an HTTP API (introduced in 1.2.0) and DNS (introduced in 1.4.3) caching feature that was vulnerable to denial of service. Fixed in 1.6.6 and 1.7.4.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.029 (86.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 86.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.029 · newest: 0.029 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- github.com/hashicorp/consul/pull/8023 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/hashicorp/consul/blob/v1.6.6/CHANGELOG.md (Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)
- github.com/hashicorp/consul/blob/v1.7.4/CHANGELOG.md (Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-13250?
- CVE-2020-13250 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hashicorp Consul, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-06-11.
- How severe is CVE-2020-13250?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.