CVE-2026-2808 (GCVE-0-2026-2808)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-03-11 23:08
Modified
2026-04-17 17:57
Severity ?
6.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access (Link Following)
Summary
HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise 1.18.20 up to 1.21.10 and 1.22.4 are vulnerable to arbitrary file read when configured with Kubernetes authentication. This vulnerability, CVE-2026-2808, is fixed in Consul 1.18.21, 1.21.11 and 1.22.5.
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