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CVE-2021-36213

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-36213 affects HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise versions 1.9.0 through 1.10.0, where a specific L7 deny policy configuration incorrectly causes intentions to fail open, allowing unauthorized L4 network traffic. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability is network-exploitable with low attack complexity, potentially leading to high integrity impacts by bypassing intended security controls. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this flaw.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 1.9.0, < 1.9.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:consul:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
>= 1.9.0, < 1.9.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:consul:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
>= 1.10.0, < 1.10.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:consul:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
>= 1.10.0, < 1.10.1CPE 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:H/A:N

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.74%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0174 is in the 58th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 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 (1)

gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/hashicorp/consulFixed in: 1.10.1

Vendor Advisories (1)

goGHSA-8h2g-r292-j8xhhigh

HashiCorp Consul L7 deny intention results in an allow action

Jul 19, 2021

References

discuss.hashicorp.com / t/hcsec-2021-16-consul-s-application-aware-intentions-deny-action-fails-open-when-combined-with-default-deny-policy/26855
Vendor Advisory
github.com / hashicorp/consul/releases/tag/v1.10.1
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202208-09
Third Party Advisory
hashicorp.com / blog/category/consul
ProductVendor Advisory