GHSA-9rhf-q362-77mx
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GHSA-9rhf-q362-77mx
Published: 9 Aug 2023Last Modified: 7 Aug 2026
Summary: Consul JWT Auth in L7 Intentions Allow for Mismatched Service Identity and JWT Providers
Details: A vulnerability was identified in Consul such that using JWT authentication for service mesh incorrectly allows/denies access regardless of service identities. This vulnerability, CVE-2023-3518, affects Consul 1.16.0 and was fixed in 1.16.1.
References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3518, https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2023-25-consul-jwt-auth-in-l7-intentions-allow-for-mismatched-service-identity-and-jwt-providers/57004, https://github.com/hashicorp/consul
Affected packages
Package
Name: github.com/hashicorp/consul
Purl: pkg:golang/github.com/hashicorp/consul
Affected ranges
Type: SEMVER
Events:
Introduced- 1.16.0
Fixed -1.16.1
Affected versions
1.16.0
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
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User Interaction
None
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Scope
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Confidentiality
None
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Integrity
None
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Availability
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