CVE-2021-38698: Incorrect Authorization

September 7, 2021 (updated September 14, 2022)

HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise 1.10.1 Txn.Apply endpoint allowed services to register proxies for other services, enabling access to service traffic. Fixed in 1.8.15, 1.9.9 and 1.10.2.

References

discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2021-24-consul-missing-authorization-check-on-txn-apply-endpoint/29026
github.com/advisories/GHSA-6hw5-6gcx-phmw
github.com/hashicorp/consul/pull/10824
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38698
www.hashicorp.com/blog/category/consul

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