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High · 7.5 CVE-2026-81516 EUVD-2026-81900GHSA-67c9-f6v2-qv86

Steeltoe.Discovery.Consul: malformed 'secure' metadata aborts service instance lookup (DoS)

Published Sep 17, 2026 · Updated Sep 17, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Steeltoe is an open source project that provides a collection of libraries that helps users build cloud-native applications. From 4.0.0 until 4.3.0, ConsulDiscoveryClient constructs ConsulServiceInstance objects by parsing each registration's secure metadata with a strict Boolean conversion. A principal that can register a Consul service can supply a secure value other than true or false, causing the exception from one instance to abort construction of the entire instance list and make the targeted service undiscoverable. When GetAllInstancesAsync enumerates all services, one malformed instance can abort enumeration across every service. The outage persists until the offending registration is removed. This issue is fixed in version 4.3.0.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
SteeltoeOSS security-advisories >= 4.0.0, < 4.3.0 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
NuGet Steeltoe.Discovery.Consul >= 4.0.0, < 4.3.0 4.3.0 GHSA-67c9-f6v2-qv86

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