CVE-2023-2816 — Incorrect Privilege Assignment in Hashicorp Consul

CWE-266 — Incorrect Privilege Assignment7 documents5 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 63.01%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
11
Github.com Hashicorp ConsulHashicorp ConsulHashicorp Consul Enterprise+8 more
Timeline
PublishedJun 2
Latest updateAug 20

Description

Consul and Consul Enterprise allowed any user with service:write permissions to use Envoy extensions configured via service-defaults to patch remote proxy instances that target the configured service, regardless of whether the user has permission to modify the service(s) corresponding to those modified proxies.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages12 packages

▶CVEListV5hashicorp/consul_enterprise1.15.0, 1.15.1, 1.15.2+2
▶NVDhashicorp/consul1.15.0 — 1.15.3
▶Gogithub.com/hashicorp_consul1.15.0 — 1.15.3
▶debiandebian/consul
▶CVEListV5hashicorp/consul1.15.0, 1.15.1, 1.15.2+2

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
Hashicorp Consul allows user with service:write permissions to patch remote proxy instances in github.com/hashicorp/consul↗2024-08-20
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OSV
Hashicorp Consul allows user with service:write permissions to patch remote proxy instances↗2023-06-03
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GHSA
Hashicorp Consul allows user with service:write permissions to patch remote proxy instances↗2023-06-03
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OSV
CVE-2023-2816: Consul and Consul Enterprise allowed any user with service:write permissions to use Envoy extensions configured via service-defaults to patch remote p↗2023-06-02
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Microsoft
Consul Envoy Extension Downsteam Proxy Configuration By Upstream Service Owner↗2023-06-13
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Debian
CVE-2023-2816: consul - Consul and Consul Enterprise allowed any user with service:write permissions to ...↗2023
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