HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise are vulnerable to an authorization bypass in health check registration that may allow an authenticated user to modify health checks belonging to another service on the same node
Affects consulSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.4 Medium · fixed in 2.1.0 : update consul when convenient.
Data as of 28 Oct 2026, 22:31 UTC
- Patch
- Available – fixed in 2.1.0
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:LExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 26 Oct 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
Ubuntu 22.04 LTSconsulpkg:deb/ubuntu/consul?arch=source&distro=jammyOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in– |
Ubuntu 20.04 LTSconsulpkg:deb/ubuntu/consul?arch=source&distro=focalOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in– |
Ubuntu 18.04 LTSconsulpkg:deb/ubuntu/consul?arch=source&distro=bionicOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in– |
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Description
HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise are vulnerable to an authorization bypass in health check registration that may allow an authenticated user to modify health checks belonging to another service on the same node. This vulnerability (CVE-2026-115804) is fixed in Consul Community Edition 2.1.0 and Consul Enterprise 2.1.0 and 1.21.19.
References
- ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-115804 (opens in a new tab)
- cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-115804 (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/hashicorp/consul (opens in a new tab)
- discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-49-consul-vulnerable-to-an-authorization-bypass-in-health-check-registration/77914 (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/cveproject/cvelistv5/tree/main/cves/2026/115xxx/cve-2026-115804.json (opens in a new tab)
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/cve-2026-115804 (opens in a new tab)