CVE-2026-19014
Uncontrolled resource consumption in the Consul Connect authorization endpoint
Consul Community Edition and Consul Enterprise 1.17.0 through 2.0.2 are vulnerable to an uncontrolled resource consumption issue in the Connect authorization endpoint that may allow a caller to grow the agent's intention-match cache without bound, defeating the operator's cache-disable configuration. This vulnerability, CVE-2026-190124, is fixed in Consul 2.0.3 and Consul Enterprise 1.21.17, 1.22.11, and 2.0.3.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
4.3
Uncontrolled resource consumption in the Consul Connect authorization endpoint
Consul Community Edition and Consul Enterprise 1.17.0 through 2.0.2 are vulnerable to an uncontrolled resource consumption issue in the Connect authorization endpoint that may allow a caller to grow the agent's intention-match cache without bound, defeating the operator's cache-disable configuration. This vulnerability, CVE-2026-190124, is fixed in Consul 2.0.3 and Consul Enterprise 1.21.17, 1.22.11, and 2.0.3.
- Record
CVE-2026-19014- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-770
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-54607
4.3
Consul Community Edition and Consul Enterprise 1.17.0 through 2.0.2 are vulnerable to an uncontrolled resource consumption issue in the Connect authorization endpoint that may allow a caller to grow the agent's intention-match cache without bound, defeating the operator's cache-disable configuration. This vulnerability, CVE-2026-190124, is fixed in Consul 2.0.3 and Consul Enterprise 1.21.17, 1.22.11, and 2.0.3.
- Record
EUVD-2026-54607- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rwp8-hj7g-qrh8
4.3
Consul Community Edition and Consul Enterprise 1.17.0 through 2.0.2 are vulnerable to an...
Consul Community Edition and Consul Enterprise 1.17.0 through 2.0.2 are vulnerable to an uncontrolled resource consumption issue in the Connect authorization endpoint that may allow a caller to grow the agent's intention-match cache without bound, defeating the operator's cache-disable configuration. This vulnerability, CVE-2026-190124, is fixed in Consul 2.0.3 and Consul Enterprise 1.21.17, 1.22.11, and 2.0.3.
- Record
GHSA-rwp8-hj7g-qrh8- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-770
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
4.3
Consul Community Edition and Consul Enterprise 1.17.0 through 2.0.2 are vulnerable to an uncontrolled resource consumption issue in the Connect authorization endpoint that may allow a caller to grow the agent's intention-match cache without bound, defeating the operator's cache-disable configuration. This vulnerability, CVE-2026-190124, is fixed in Consul 2.0.3 and Consul Enterprise 1.21.17, 1.22.11, and 2.0.3.
- Record
CVE-2026-19014- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-770
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
4.3
Uncontrolled resource consumption in the Consul Connect authorization endpoint
Consul Community Edition and Consul Enterprise 1.17.0 through 2.0.2 are vulnerable to an uncontrolled resource consumption issue in the Connect authorization endpoint that may allow a caller to grow the agent's intention-match cache without bound, defeating the operator's cache-disable configuration. This vulnerability, CVE-2026-190124, is fixed in Consul 2.0.3 and Consul Enterprise 1.21.17, 1.22.11, and 2.0.3.
- Record
CVE-2026-19014- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-770
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2026-19014
4.3
Consul Community Edition and Consul Enterprise 1.17.0 through 2.0.2 are vulnerable to an uncontrolled resource consumption issue in the Connect authorization endpoint that may allow a caller to grow the agent's intention-match cache without bound, defeating the operator's cache-disable configuration. This vulnerability, CVE-2026-190124, is fixed in Consul 2.0.3 and Consul Enterprise 1.21.17, 1.22.11, and 2.0.3.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-19014- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2026-19014
4.3
Consul Community Edition and Consul Enterprise 1.17.0 through 2.0.2 are vulnerable to an uncontrolled resource consumption issue in the Connect authorization endpoint that may allow a caller to grow the agent's intention-match cache without bound, defeating the operator's cache-disable configuration. This vulnerability, CVE-2026-190124, is fixed in Consul 2.0.3 and Consul Enterprise 1.21.17, 1.22.11, and 2.0.3.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2026-19014- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVBIT-consul-2026-19014 No score
Uncontrolled resource consumption in the Consul Connect authorization endpoint
Consul Community Edition and Consul Enterprise 1.17.0 through 2.0.2 are vulnerable to an uncontrolled resource consumption issue in the Connect authorization endpoint that may allow a caller to grow the agent's intention-match cache without bound, defeating the operator's cache-disable configuration. This vulnerability, CVE-2026-190124, is fixed in Consul 2.0.3 and Consul Enterprise 1.21.17, 1.22.11, and 2.0.3.
- Record
BIT-consul-2026-19014- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
consulBitnami |
1.17.0 up to 2.0.3 | 2.0.3 |
consulDebian:11 |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.10.12+dfsg1-11.8.7+dfsg1-21.8.7+dfsg1-31.8.7+dfsg1-41.8.7+dfsg1-51.8.7+dfsg1-61.9.17+dfsg2-1 |
None known |
consulUbuntu:18.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 0.6.4~dfsg-3 |
None known |
consulUbuntu:20.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.0.7~dfsg1-5ubuntu11.4.4~dfsg1-2ubuntu21.5.2+dfsg1-61.5.2+dfsg1-101.5.2+dfsg1-121.5.2+dfsg2-14 |
None known |
consulUbuntu:22.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.7.4+dfsg1-11.8.7+dfsg1-3 |
None known |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-19014 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Hashicorp Consul, published August 7, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.36%, the 29th percentile. Fixed in consul 2.0.3.
References
discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-25-multiple-vulnerabilities-impacting-hashicorp-consul/77629
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-19014
github.com/advisories/GHSA-rwp8-hj7g-qrh8
github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/19xxx/CVE-2026-19014.json
github.com/hashicorp/consul
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-19014
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-19014
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-19014