CVE-2020-12797

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Published Jun 11, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 5.3 Medium EPSS 1.5% KEV · Not listed

Description

HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise failed to enforce changes to legacy ACL token rules due to non-propagation to secondary data centers. Introduced in 1.4.0, fixed in 1.6.6 and 1.7.4.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:consul::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:consul:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:consul::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:consul:::::enterprise:::*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-1337	HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise failed to enforce changes to legacy ACL token rules due to non-propagation to secondary data centers. Introduced in 1.4.0, fixed in 1.6.6 and 1.7.4.
Github GHSA	GHSA-hwqm-x785-qh8p	Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource in Hashicorp Consul

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.5% (1.548% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/blob/v1.6.6/CHANGELOG.md
https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/blob/v1.7.4/CHANGELOG.md
https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/pull/8047

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Hashicorp Consul

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 12:04 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jun 11, 2020, 7:37 PM
Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 12:04 PM
Reserved: May 12, 2020, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 2:52 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Jun 11, 2020, 8:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 2:52 AM

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