NULL pointer dereference in Hashicorp Consul

CVE-2026-19012

Consul Community Edition and Consul Enterprise 1.18.0 through 2.0.2 are vulnerable to an authenticated denial of service in the Enterprise-to-Community Edition downgrade path that may allow an authorized caller to crash the Consul server. A caller with config-entry write permission can submit a service-router configuration entry that causes the agent to exit unexpectedly. This vulnerability, CVE-2026-19012, is fixed in Consul 2.0.3 and Consul Enterprise 1.21.17, 1.22.11, and 2.0.3.

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (25.9th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 26th percentile — 25.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2026-19012: held from 0.003 to 0.003.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

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Weakness classification (CWE)

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-19012?
CVE-2026-19012 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hashicorp Consul, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-08-07.
How severe is CVE-2026-19012?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.