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CVE-2020-25201

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-25201 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in HashiCorp Consul Enterprise versions 1.7.0 through 1.8.4. This bug allows an attacker to trigger infinite Raft writes through namespace replication, leading to a denial of service. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, resulting in a complete loss of availability. There is currently no public exploit code available, and the vulnerability shows no signs of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 1.7.0, <= 1.8.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:consul:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.58%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0258 is in the 71st percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/hashicorp/consulFixed in: 1.7.9
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/hashicorp/consulFixed in: 1.8.5
github_advisoryvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

goGHSA-496g-fr33-whrfhigh

Denial of service in HashiCorp Consul

Jan 31, 2024

References

github.com / hashicorp/consul/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
Vendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202208-09
Third Party Advisory
hashicorp.com / blog/category/consul
Vendor Advisory