CVE-2021-38698

medium

Description

HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise 1.10.1 Txn.Apply endpoint allowed services to register proxies for other services, enabling access to service traffic. Fixed in 1.8.15, 1.9.9 and 1.10.2.

References

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6hw5-6gcx-phmw

https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/category/consul

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-09

https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-24-consul-missing-authorization-check-on-txn-apply-endpoint/29026

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-09-07

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N