Description
HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise are vulnerable to an authorization bypass in service mesh proxy registration. This may allow a user with service write permission to apply Envoy escape-hatch configuration without the required mesh write permission. This vulnerability (CVE-2026-105608) is fixed in Consul Community Edition 2.1.0 and Consul Enterprise 2.1.0 and 1.21.19.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| HashiCorp | Consul | 2.0.4 – < 2.1.0 | 2.1.0 |
| HashiCorp | Consul Enterprise | 2.0.4 – < 2.1.0 | 2.1.0 |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | consul | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | consul | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | consul | No fix yet | — |