Improper Input Validation Affecting github.com/hashicorp/consul/agent/consul package, versions <1.11.9>=1.12.0 <1.12.5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMHASHICORPCONSULAGENTCONSUL-3023050
  • published21 Sept 2022
  • disclosed14 Sept 2022
  • creditunknown

Introduced: 14 Sep 2022

CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade github.com/hashicorp/consul/agent/consul to version 1.11.9, 1.12.5 or higher.

Overview

github.com/hashicorp/consul/agent/consul is a distributed, highly available, and data center aware solution to connect and configure applications across dynamic, distributed infrastructure.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation in the auto-config JWT authorization checks. It allows malicious actors to construct requests which incorrectly pass custom JWT claim validation for the AutoConfig.InitialConfiguration endpoint.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1