Description
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| HashiCorp | Tooling | 0.1.0 – < 0.42.0 | 0.42.0 |
Public exploits
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GitHub 1 repository
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0xmrma/CVE-2026-5061 ★ 1 · Aug 1, 2026
Consul Template validated where a symlink pointed during template evaluation, but its later dependency fetch read the original path. Retargeting the link between those operations turned an in-sandbox…
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