Symlink Attack Affecting github.com/hashicorp/consul/agent/connect/ca package, versions <1.22.5
Threat Intelligence
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- published13 Mar 2026
- disclosed12 Mar 2026
- creditDefang Bo
Introduced: 12 Mar 2026
CVE-2026-2808 Â (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade github.com/hashicorp/consul/agent/connect/ca to version 1.22.5 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Symlink Attack via the the Vault Kubernetes Authentication Provider. An attacker can access sensitive files by specifying token_path configuration parameter to any file on the Consul server node that later returned as jwt data and sent to Vault as part of the Kubernetes authentication request.
Note:
Consul Enterprise users have an option to upgrade to 1.18.21 or 1.21.11 versions which contain backported fix for this issue.