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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-7955

HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise 1.4.1 through 1.6.2 did not uniformly enforce ACLs across all API endpoints, resulting in potential unintended information disclosure. Fixed in 1.6.3.

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31 Oct 2026, 11:14 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2020-7955

core-osv · Original source

Published 31 Jan 2020, 13:15 UTC

HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise 1.4.1 through 1.6.2 did not uniformly enforce ACLs across all API endpoints, resulting in potential unintended information disclosure. Fixed in 1.6.3.

osv:CVE-2020-7955
Complete source record
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  "id": "b5be3abac67a45b33c13cb804eca15e5016ebc816f154fec5a6c6efcb501f1c2",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-7955",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2020-7955",
    "summary": "HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise 1.4.1 through 1.6.2 did not uniformly enforce ACLs across all API endpoints, resulting in potential unintended information disclosure. Fixed in 1.6.3.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-7955",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2020-7955",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-consul-2020-7955",
        "CVE-2020-7955",
        "GHSA-r9w6-rhh9-7v53",
        "GO-2022-0874"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/hashicorp/consul",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "65d2c9b51d02e6b14db3da3cb8424ef72e046780"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "1200f25eabc75368484a78698e75f1e61b6ed010"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:consul:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "1.4.1"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "1.6.2"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:consul:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*",
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                      {
                        "introduced": "1.4.1"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "1.6.2"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "sdk/v0.3.0",
            "v1.6.1",
            "v1.6.0",
            "api/v1.2.0",
            "sdk/v0.2.0",
            "v1.5.3",
            "v1.5.2",
            "v1.5.1",
            "v1.4.4",
            "v1.5.0",
            "api/v1.1.0",
            "sdk/v0.1.1",
            "api/v1.0.1",
            "sdk/v0.1.0",
            "api/v1.0.0",
            "internal/v0.1.0",
            "v1.4.3",
            "v1.4.2",
            "v1.4.1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-7955.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:53:30.889158818Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/issues/7160",
        "https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/category/consul/"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2020-7955",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 384393,
  "published_at": "2020-01-31T13:15:10.813+00:00"
}