Description
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| HashiCorp | Consul | 1.20.1 – < 2.0.3 | 2.0.3 |
| HashiCorp | Consul Enterprise | 1.20.1 – < 2.0.3 | 2.0.3 |
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.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 11 | consul | No fix yet | — |
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 | — |