5.3

CVE-2020-12797: hashicorp consul

CVSS: 5.3v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2020-12797DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12797GHSA-hwqm-x785-qh8p
Published 11-06-2020Last modified 04-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-12797 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) vulnerability in hashicorp consul. EPSS estimates a 1.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.3/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.51%
0%100%
Low · -0.04 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 11-06-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise failed to enforce changes to legacy ACL token rules due to non-propagation to secondary data centers. Introduced in 1.4.0, fixed in 1.6.6 and 1.7.4.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.51%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

74%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.04 pp

From 1.55% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
1.51%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • consul< 1.7.4+dfsg1-1
Github.com/hashicorp1 product
  • consul≥ 1.6.0, < 1.6.6 | ≥ 1.7.0, < 1.7.4
Hashicorp1 product
  • consul≥ 1.4.0, < 1.6.6 | ≥ 1.4.0, ≤ 1.6.6 | ≥ 1.7.0, < 1.7.4
Ubuntu1 product
  • consulAll versions (No fix recorded)

4 vendors · 4 products

References

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