CVE-2026-15970 (GCVE-0-2026-15970)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-07 19:20 – Updated: 2026-08-10 18:24
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
L7 intention authorization bypass via custom public listener
Summary
Consul Community Edition and Consul Enterprise 1.20.1 through 2.0.2 are vulnerable to an L7 intention authorization bypass when a service proxy is configured with a custom public listener. An authenticated mesh workload may reach HTTP paths that are blocked by a path-based deny intention. This vulnerability, CVE-2026-15970, is fixed in Consul 2.0.3 and Consul Enterprise 1.21.17, 1.22.11, and 2.0.3.
Severity
4.2 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-10 17:41 UTC
CWE
- CWE-647 - Non-Canonical URL Authorization
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HashiCorp | Consul |
Affected:
1.20.1 , < 2.0.3
(semver)
|
guessed | |
| HashiCorp | Consul Enterprise |
Affected:
1.20.1 , < 2.0.3
(semver)
|
guessed |
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