Advisoriesby IbisHashiCorpCVE-2026-88021
Consul and Consul Enterprise are vulnerable to an authorization bypass in the...
Fix: upgrade to 2.0.4 or later (2 fixed versions below)
Consul and Consul Enterprise are vulnerable to an authorization bypass in the Connect service mesh that may allow a service to reach a destination it is not authorized to access. When building Envoy RBAC rules to enforce Connect intentions, Consul did not correctly escape certain characters in service names, namespaces, and partitions, causing the generated authorization rules to match more broadly than intended. This vulnerability (CVE-2026-88021) is fixed in Consul 2.0.4 and Consul Enterprise 1.21.18, 1.22.12 and 2.0.4.
Affected versions
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Consul Product | >= 1.9.0, < 2.0.4 | 2.0.4 |
| Consul Enterprise Product | >= 1.9.0, < 2.0.4 | 2.0.4 |
Details and references
- CVSS 3.1
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
- Severity from
- the vendor (its own CVE record or advisory)
- Weakness
- CWE-185