5.3

CVE-2020-7955: hashicorp consul Incorrect Authorization

CVSS: 5.3v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2020-7955DEBIAN-CVE-2020-7955GHSA-r9w6-rhh9-7v53
Published 31-01-2020Last modified 04-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-7955 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in hashicorp consul. EPSS estimates a 1.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.3/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.41%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 31-01-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise 1.4.1 through 1.6.2 did not uniformly enforce ACLs across all API endpoints, resulting in potential unintended information disclosure. Fixed in 1.6.3.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.41%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

72%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.41% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
1.41%

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

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • consul< 1.7.0+dfsg1-1
Github.com/hashicorp1 product
  • consul≥ 1.4.1, < 1.6.3
Hashicorp1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • consulAll versions (No fix recorded)

4 vendors · 4 products

References

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