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CVE-2022-40716

Published: Sep 23, 2022Updated: May 27, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-252
NVD MITRE
6.5CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.8%
Top 47.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise up to 1.11.8, 1.12.4, and 1.13.1 do not check for multiple SAN URI values in a CSR on the internal RPC endpoint, enabling leverage of privileged access to bypass service mesh intentions. Fixed in 1.11.9, 1.12.5, and 1.13.2."

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:NI:HA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:HIntegrity
High
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-252

Affected Products

Debian GNU/LinuxСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
РЕД ОСООО «Ред Софт»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat Openshift Data FoundationRed Hat Inc.
On-prem
Cloud & SaaS / container-orchestration
Red Hat OpenShift Container PlatformRed Hat Inc.
SaaSSaaS Service
Cloud & SaaS / container-orchestration
FedoraFedora Project
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
сообщество свободного программного обеспеченияoss-projectOperating Systemsaka сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, fsf
ооо «ред софт»commercialRUOperating Systemsaka red soft
red hat inc.commercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat
fedora projectoss-projectUSOperating Systemsaka fedora
and 6 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

https://redos.red-soft.ru/support/secure/uyazvimosti/mnozhestvennye-uyazvimosti-consul-cve-2022-40716-cve-2022-3920/?sphrase_id=1075979
redos.red-soft.ru
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2022-20-consul-service-mesh-intention-bypass-with-malicious-certificate-signing-request/44628
discuss.hashicorp.com
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-40716
security-tracker.debian.org
and 14 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Sep 23, 2022
Last Updated
May 27, 2025

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