Vulnerability in Hashicorp Consul

CVE-2022-40716

HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise up to 1.11.8, 1.12.4, and 1.13.1 do not check for multiple SAN URI values in a CSR on the internal RPC endpoint, enabling leverage of privileged access to bypass service mesh intentions. Fixed in 1.11.9, 1.12.5, and 1.13.2."

EPSS: 0.009 (55.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-40716?
CVE-2022-40716 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hashicorp Consul, classified under CWE-252. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-09-23.
How severe is CVE-2022-40716?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-40716 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.