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CVE-2020-13170 — consul

HIGHFix: hashicorp/consul#8068

CVE-2020-13170 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.5) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in github.com/hashicorp/consul. A fix is available for github.com/hashicorp/consul — see the affected versions and patch details below.

Improper Input Validation in HashiCorp Consul

Also known asBIT-consul-2020-13170GHSA-p2j5-3f4c-224rGO-2022-0859
Published
Updated
Affected
2 pkgs
Patched
2 / 2
Exploits
None indexed
Exploitation data as of Oct 10, 2026 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗
1.7%probability of exploitation in next 30 days
Lower Risk0.00%
Lower risk than most CVEs77th percentile — riskier than 77% of all scored CVEsHighest risk
0.01%0.75%1.49%2.23%0.5%1.7%Apr 26Aug 26Oct 26

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.

How urgent is this, really

CVE-2020-13170 by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). Outside the shaded patch-first corner.

Where this sits among everything scored

Of 385,386 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Counts from FIRST.org, log-scaled.

Real-World Exposure

2 pkgs affected
🐹github.com/hashicorp/consul🐹github.com/hashicorp/consul

Real-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Go packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.

Description

HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise did not appropriately enforce scope for local tokens issued by a primary data center, where replication to a secondary data center was not enabled. Introduced in 1.4.0, fixed in 1.6.6 and 1.7.4.

Specific Go Packages Affected

github.com/hashicorp/consul/agent

Affected Packages

2 total 2 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
🐹Gogithub.com/hashicorp/consul≥ 1.6.0-beta1&&< 1.6.61.6.6go get github.com/hashicorp/consul@v1.6.6
🐹Gogithub.com/hashicorp/consul≥ 1.7.0&&< 1.7.41.7.4go get github.com/hashicorp/consul@v1.7.4

Affected Products

1 product · 4 configurations
Application
consulhashicorp
≥ 1.7.0 && < 1.7.4
range

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency

  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for github.com/hashicorp/consul, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.

  2. Fix

    Update github.com/hashicorp/consul to 1.6.6 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2020-13170 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

  3. Workarounds

    If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.

Frequently Asked Questions

HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise did not appropriately enforce scope for local tokens issued by a primary data center, where replication to a secondary data center was not enabled. Introduced in 1.4.0, fixed in 1.6.6 and 1.7.4. ### Specific Go Packages Affected github.com/hashicorp/consul/agent
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CVE-2020-13170: consul — Fixed in 1.6.6