CVE-2026-15970
mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.002 · 11 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Consul Community Edition and Consul Enterprise 1.20.1 through 2.0.2 are vulnerable to an L7 intention authorization bypass when a service proxy is configured with a custom public listener. An authenticated mesh workload may reach HTTP paths that are blocked by a path-based deny intention. This vulnerability, CVE-2026-15970, is fixed in Consul 2.0.3 and Consul Enterprise 1.21.17, 1.22.11, and 2.0.3.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.9–4.2
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affected products (3)
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advisories (1)
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- BIT-consul-2026-15970L7 intention authorization bypass via custom public listener2026-08-17vendor · osvUS
Consul Community Edition and Consul Enterprise 1.20.1 through 2.0.2 are vulnerable to an L7 intention authorization bypass when a service proxy is configured with a custom public listener. An authenticated mesh workload may reach HTTP paths that are blocked by a path-based deny intention. This vulnerability, CVE-2026-15970, is fixed in Consul 2.0.3 and Consul Enterprise 1.21.17, 1.22.11, and 2.0.3.
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references (3)
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- https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-25-multiple-vulnerabilities-impacting-hashicorp-consul/77629cnnvd
- https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-25-multiple-vulnerabilities-impacting-hashicorp-consul/77629enisa_euvd
- https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-25-multiple-vulnerabilities-impacting-hashicorp-consul/77629nvd
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