6.5

CVE-2022-40716: hashicorp consul Unchecked Return Value

CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-40716DEBIAN-CVE-2022-40716CGA-3cch-vp77-m89j
Published 23-09-2022Last modified 27-05-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-40716 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Unchecked Return Value vulnerability in hashicorp consul. EPSS estimates a 1.09% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 64.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
1.09%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 0 · Related 7
CGA-2F56-MHQ5-GGWPCGA-5WM4-FF66-47MHCGA-7VWG-V446-MG92CGA-GM5J-W28X-F8R4CGA-QG68-593J-Q573CGA-QRJM-MH7J-V3M3

Timeline

  1. 23-09-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 27-05-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise up to 1.11.8, 1.12.4, and 1.13.1 do not check for multiple SAN URI values in a CSR on the internal RPC endpoint, enabling leverage of privileged access to bypass service mesh intentions. Fixed in 1.11.9, 1.12.5, and 1.13.2."

CVSS metrics

7 scores · 7 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.09%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

65%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 1.08% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
1.09%

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

Chainguard3 products
  • k3d< 5.6.0-r11
  • k3d-proxy< 5.6.0-r11
  • k3d-tools< 5.6.0-r11
Wolfi3 products
  • k3d< 5.6.0-r11
  • k3d-proxy< 5.6.0-r11
  • k3d-tools< 5.6.0-r11
Debian1 product
  • consulAll versions (No fix recorded)
Github.com/hashicorp1 product
  • consul< 1.11.9 | ≥ 1.12.0, < 1.12.5 | ≥ 1.13.0, < 1.13.2
Hashicorp1 product
  • consul< 1.11.9 | ≥ 1.12.0, < 1.12.5 | ≥ 1.13.0, < 1.13.2
Ubuntu1 product
  • consulAll versions (No fix recorded)

6 vendors · 10 products

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