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SCA: security update for github.com/hashicorp/consul (GHSA-fhm8-cxcv-pwvc)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 434119

Description

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

 - HashiCorp Consul (and Consul Enterprise) 1.4.x before 1.4.3 allows a client to bypass intended access
 restrictions and obtain the privileges of one other arbitrary token within secondary datacenters, because
 a token with literally "<hidden>" as its secret is used in unusual circumstances. (CVE-2019-8336)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fhm8-cxcv-pwvc

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 434119

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/19/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-8336

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/5/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-8336

cwe: CWE-284