CVE-2022-40716
mediumpriority · track · 26EPSS 0.011 · 65 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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."
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affected products (24)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
advisories (3)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- GHSA-m69r-9g56-7mv8HashiCorp Consul vulnerable to authorization bypass2022-09-25ghsa · osvUS
HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise versions prior to 1.11.9, 1.12.5, and 1.13.2 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. A specially crafted CSR sent directly to Consul’s internal server agent RPC endpoint can include multiple SAN URI values with additional service names. This issue has been fixed in versions 1.11.9, 1.12.5, and 1.13.2. There are no known workarounds.
- BIT-consul-2022-407162024-03-06vendor · osvUS
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."
- GO-2022-1029HashiCorp Consul vulnerable to authorization bypass in github.com/hashicorp/consul2024-08-21vendor · osvUS
HashiCorp Consul vulnerable to authorization bypass in github.com/hashicorp/consul
also known as (7)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
- CNNVD-202209-2367cnnvd
- EUVD-2022-6870enisa_euvd
- BDU:2025-08591fstec_bdu
- GHSA-m69r-9g56-7mv8enisa_euvd
- BIT-consul-2022-40716osv
- GHSA-m69r-9g56-7mv8osv
- GO-2022-1029osv
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references (15)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2022-40716/cnnvd
- https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2022-20-consul-service-mesh-intention-bypass-with-malicious-certificate-signing-request/44628cnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LYZOKMMVX4SIEHPJW3SJUQGMO5YZCPHC/cnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XNF4OLYZRQE75EB5TW5N42FSXHBXGWFE/cnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZTE4ITXXPIWZEQ4HYQCB6N6GZIMWXDAI/cnnvd
- https://discuss.hashicorp.comenisa_euvd
- https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2022-20-consul-service-mesh-intention-bypass-with-malicious-certificate-signing-request/44628enisa_euvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LYZOKMMVX4SIEHPJW3SJUQGMO5YZCPHC/enisa_euvd
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