Consul vulnerable to an authorization bypass in the catalog node-write path
cve-program · CVE-2026-87090
PublishedConsul and Consul Enterprise are vulnerable to an authorization bypass in the catalog node-write path that may allow an authenticated attacker to delete another node's catalog registration and take over its node identity. An attacker with a token granting node-write permission on any single node name may exploit this issue if they can obtain the node ID of a node they do not control. This vulnerability (CVE-2026-87090) is fixed in Consul 2.0.4 and Consul Enterprise 1.21.18, 1.22.12 and 2.0.4.
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cve-program · CVE-2026-87090
PublishedConsul vulnerable to an authorization bypass in the catalog node-write path
Consul and Consul Enterprise are vulnerable to an authorization bypass in the catalog node-write path that may allow an authenticated attacker to delete another node's catalog registration and take over its node identity. An attacker with a token granting node-write permission on any single node name may exploit this issue if they can obtain the node ID of a node they do not control. This vulnerability (CVE-2026-87090) is fixed in Consul 2.0.4 and Consul Enterprise 1.21.18, 1.22.12 and 2.0.4.
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- 10 Sep 2026 18:54:45 UTC
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- 10 Sep 2026 19:02:58 UTC
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- 23 Oct 2026 15:48:27 UTC
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CVSS 3.1 · 8.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H