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CVE-2020-7219

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-7219 describes an unauthenticated denial-of-service vulnerability affecting HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise versions up to 1.6.2. This flaw allowed unbounded resource usage through their HTTP/RPC services, leading to service disruption. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), it presents a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high availability impact. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:consul:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.6.2CPE 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
2.01%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0201 is in the 63rd percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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: 1.6.3

Vendor Advisories (2)

goGHSA-23jv-v6qj-3fhhhigh

Denial of Service (DoS) in HashiCorp Consul

May 18, 2021
redhatCVE-2020-7219Moderate

consul: HTTP/RPC Services Allow Unbounded Resource Usage

Jan 28, 2020

References

github.com / hashicorp/consul/issues/7159
Third Party Advisory
hashicorp.com / blog/category/consul
Vendor Advisory