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

  - HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise 1.2.0 up to 1.8.5 allowed operators with operator:read ACL
    permissions to read the Connect CA private key configuration. Fixed in 1.6.10, 1.7.10, and 1.8.6.
    (CVE-2020-28053)

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202208-09 (HashiCorp Consul: Multiple Vulnerabilities)

  - HashiCorp Consul Enterprise version 1.7.0 up to 1.8.4 includes a namespace replication bug which can be     triggered to cause denial of service via infinite Raft writes. Fixed in 1.7.9 and 1.8.5. (CVE-2020-25201)

  - HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise up to version 1.9.4 key-value (KV) raw mode was vulnerable to     cross-site scripting. Fixed in 1.9.5, 1.8.10 and 1.7.14. (CVE-2020-25864)

  - HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise 1.2.0 up to 1.8.5 allowed operators with operator:read ACL     permissions to read the Connect CA private key configuration. Fixed in 1.6.10, 1.7.10, and 1.8.6.
    (CVE-2020-28053)

  - HashiCorp Consul Enterprise version 1.8.0 up to 1.9.4 audit log can be bypassed by specifically crafted     HTTP events. Fixed in 1.9.5, and 1.8.10. (CVE-2021-28156)

  - HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise 1.3.0 through 1.10.0 Envoy proxy TLS configuration does not     validate destination service identity in the encoded subject alternative name. Fixed in 1.8.14, 1.9.8, and     1.10.1. (CVE-2021-32574)

  - HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise 1.9.0 through 1.10.0 default deny policy with a single L7     application-aware intention deny action cancels out, causing the intention to incorrectly fail open,     allowing L4 traffic. Fixed in 1.9.8 and 1.10.1. (CVE-2021-36213)

  - 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. (CVE-2021-38698)

  - HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise 1.8.0 through 1.9.14, 1.10.7, and 1.11.2 has Uncontrolled Resource     Consumption. (CVE-2022-24687)

  - HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise through 2022-04-12 allow SSRF. (CVE-2022-29153)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Hashicorp reports :

Increase the permissions to read from the /connect/ca/configuration endpoint to operator:write. Previously Connect CA configuration, including the private key, set via this endpoint could be read back by an operator with operator:read privileges.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise 1.2.0 up to 1.8.5 allowed operators with operator:read ACL     permissions to read the Connect CA private key configuration. Fixed in 1.6.10, 1.7.10, and 1.8.6.
    (CVE-2020-28053)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

An update of the consul package has been released.

An update of the telegraf package has been released.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
411516	SCA: security update for github.com/hashicorp/consul (GHSA-6m72-467w-94rh)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	1/23/2025	7/2/2026	medium
411516	SCA: security update for github.com/hashicorp/consul (GHSA-6m72-467w-94rh)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	1/23/2025	7/2/2026	medium
163985	GLSA-202208-09 : HashiCorp Consul: Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	8/10/2022	8/10/2022	high
143526	FreeBSD : consul -- Fix Consul Connect CA private key configuration (8d17229f-3054-11eb-a455-ac1f6b16e566)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	12/7/2020	2/6/2024	medium
257962	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-28053	Nessus	Misc.	8/27/2025	7/9/2026	medium
144900	Photon OS 3.0: Consul PHSA-2021-3.0-0181	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	1/13/2021	8/23/2025	medium
204388	Photon OS 5.0: Telegraf PHSA-2023-5.0-0041	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	7/24/2024	8/21/2025	high

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