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Medium 6.8Published Mar 11, 2026
CVE-2026-2808Consul vulnerable to arbitrary file reads through the vault kubernetes authentication provider
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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.
- CVSS
- 6.8 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-59
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- HashiCorp
- NVD analysis
- Awaiting Analysis
- Record last updated
- Apr 17, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
HashiCorp Consul hashicorp:consul (from the name) | before 1.22.5 | CNA record |
HashiCorp Consul Enterprise hashicorp:consul_enterprise (from the name) | before 1.22.5; fixed at 1.21.11, fixed at 1.18.21 | CNA record |
References
- https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-02-consul-vulnerable-to-arbitrary-file-reads-through-the-vault-kubernetes-authentication-provider/77232
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