CVE-2019-8336 describes a high-severity access bypass vulnerability in HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise versions 1.4.x prior to 1.4.3. An attacker can exploit this flaw to gain the privileges of another arbitrary token in secondary datacenters due to the use of a hardcoded "<hidden>" secret in specific scenarios. With a CVSS score of 8.1, this vulnerability presents a high risk of compromise to confidentiality, integrity, and availability, despite requiring high attack complexity. There is currently no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 1.4.0, < 1.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:consul:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* | ||
>= 1.4.0, < 1.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:consul:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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