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SCA: security update for github.com/hashicorp/consul (GHSA-cpfq-66p2-336j)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 438739

Description

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

 - HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise 1.18.20 up to 1.21.10 and 1.22.4 are vulnerable to arbitrary file
 read when configured with Kubernetes authentication. This vulnerability, CVE-2026-2808, is fixed in Consul
 1.18.21, 1.21.11 and 1.22.5. (CVE-2026-2808)

Solution

Update the github.com/hashicorp/consul library and its related packages to version 1.18.21 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cpfq-66p2-336j

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 438739

Version: Revision 1.9

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/12/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

Percentile: 51.27

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-2808

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/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: 3/12/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/26/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-2808

cwe: CWE-59