7.4

CVE-2023-3518: hashicorp consul Incorrect Privilege Assignment

CVSS: 7.4v3.1HighModified
AliasesGHSA-9rhf-q362-77mxBIT-consul-2023-3518GO-2024-2704
Published 09-08-2023Last modified 08-10-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-3518 is a high (CVSS 7.4) Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in hashicorp consul. EPSS estimates a 0.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 37.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.4/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.45%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 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 2
CGA-48RX-2R82-M28RCGA-674J-XMRJ-29XP

Timeline

  1. 09-08-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-10-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise 1.16.0 when using JWT Auth for service mesh incorrectly allows/denies access regardless of service identities. Fixed in 1.16.1.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.45%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

38%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.45% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.45%

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

Hashicorp2 products
Github.com/hashicorp1 product
  • consul≥ 1.16.0, < 1.16.1

2 vendors · 3 products

References

4 links