CVE-2026-5061 (GCVE-0-2026-5061)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-12 13:58 – Updated: 2026-05-12 15:43
VLAI
Title
Consul-template vulnerable to sandbox path bypass in file helper via a symlink attack
Summary
The consul-template library before version 0.42.0 is vulnerable to a sandbox path bypass in the file template helper that may allow reading an out-of-sandbox file. This vulnerability (CVE-2026-5061) is fixed in consul-template 0.42.0.
Severity
4.7 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-05-12 15:42 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access (Link Following)
Assigner
HashiCorp CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 70/100 over 46 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
HashiCorp Tooling Affected: 0.1.0 , < 0.42.0 (semver)
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Credits
This issue was reported to HashiCorp by Mohamed Abdelaal (0xmrma).
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