CVE-2019-12291: HashiCorp Consul Incorrect Access Control vulnerability

June 9, 2023

HashiCorp Consul 1.4.0 through 1.5.0 has Incorrect Access Control. Keys not matching a specific ACL rule used for prefix matching in a policy can be deleted by a token using that policy even with default deny settings configured.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-h65h-v7fw-4p38
github.com/hashicorp/consul/commit/36ebca1fd0129278487c6570449bc8cc03987890
github.com/hashicorp/consul/issues/5888
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12291
www.hashicorp.com/blog/category/consul

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