Privilege Escalation in HashiCorp Consul 1.4.x

Privilege Escalation in HashiCorp Consul 1.4.x

CVE-2019-8336 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

HashiCorp Consul (and Consul Enterprise) 1.4.x before 1.4.3 allows a client to bypass intended access restrictions and obtain the privileges of one other arbitrary token within secondary datacenters, because a token with literally "<hidden>" as its secret is used in unusual circumstances.

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