CVE-2021-41805

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    CVE-2021-41805

    Published: 12 Dec 2021Last Modified: 9 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: HashiCorp Consul Enterprise before 1.8.17, 1.9.x before 1.9.11, and 1.10.x before 1.10.4 has Incorrect Access Control. An ACL token (with the default operator:write permissions) in one namespace can be used for unintended privilege escalation in a different namespace.

    References: https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-29-consul-enterprise-namespace-default-acls-allow-privilege-escalation/31871, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211229-0007/, https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/category/consul

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 95fb95bfe643d7886c4fb2d9f3afe1977d31cfec
    Fixed -df42e206d6ecf0ff4a09bc16b8ade37b0012d449

    Affected versions

    v1.9.10
    v1.9.9
    v1.9.8
    v1.9.7
    v1.9.6
    v1.9.5
    v1.9.4
    v1.9.2
    v1.9.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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