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SCA: security update for github.com/hashicorp/consul (GHSA-r9w6-rhh9-7v53)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 418643

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise 1.4.1 through 1.6.2 did not uniformly enforce ACLs across all API
 endpoints, resulting in potential unintended information disclosure. Fixed in 1.6.3. (CVE-2020-7955)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r9w6-rhh9-7v53

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 418643

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-7955

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/28/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/31/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-7955

cwe: CWE-863