CVE-2026-88021 (GCVE-0-2026-88021)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-10 18:58 – Updated: 2026-09-10 19:21
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Consul vulnerable to an authorization bypass in the Connect service mesh
Summary
Consul and Consul Enterprise are vulnerable to an authorization bypass in the Connect service mesh that may allow a service to reach a destination it is not authorized to access. When building Envoy RBAC rules to enforce Connect intentions, Consul did not correctly escape certain characters in service names, namespaces, and partitions, causing the generated authorization rules to match more broadly than intended. This vulnerability (CVE-2026-88021) is fixed in Consul 2.0.4 and Consul Enterprise 1.21.18, 1.22.12 and 2.0.4.
Severity
7.5 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-10 19:21 UTC
CWE
- CWE-185 - Incorrect Regular Expression
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HashiCorp | Consul |
Affected:
1.9.0 , < 2.0.4
(semver)
|
guessed | |
| HashiCorp | Consul Enterprise |
Affected:
1.9.0 , < 2.0.4
(semver)
|
guessed |
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