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Status published
High
CVE-2023-2816
Consul Envoy Extension Downsteam Proxy Configuration By Upstream Service Owner
Vulnerability Description
Consul and Consul Enterprise allowed any user with service:write permissions to use Envoy extensions configured via service-defaults to patch remote proxy instances that target the configured service, regardless of whether the user has permission to modify the service(s) corresponding to those modified proxies.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Consul, Consul Enterprise
Vulnerable Versions:
1.15.0, 1.15.1, 1.15.2
Timeline
Official Publish:
June 2nd, 2023
Last Modified:
October 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 22nd, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N