GHSA-4qvx-qq5w-695p

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    GHSA-4qvx-qq5w-695p

    Published: 14 May 2022Last Modified: 10 Sept 2026

    Summary: HashiCorp Consul can use cleartext agent-to-agent RPC communication

    Details: HashiCorp Consul 0.5.1 through 1.4.0 can use cleartext agent-to-agent RPC communication because the `verify_outgoing` setting is improperly documented. NOTE: the vendor has provided reconfiguration steps that do not require a software upgrade.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19653, https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/pull/5069, https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/commit/b64e8b262f80397eab4f39c6ae7e14683cb9f55c, https://github.com/hashicorp/consul, https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/consul-tool/7TCw06oio0I

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: github.com/hashicorp/consul

    Purl: pkg:golang/github.com/hashicorp/consul

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 0.5.1
    Fixed -1.4.1

    Affected versions

    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
    GHSA-4qvx-qq5w-695p | CVE-DB