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vulnerability

Hashicorp Consul Remote Command Execution via Services API

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Aug 11, 2018
Added
Feb 3, 2021
Modified
Feb 18, 2025

Description

The Hashicorp Consul services API allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands on the target endpoint.


This check requires the Metasploit Remote Check Service to be enabled on Scan Engines. Please see the Metasploit Remote Check Service documentation for instructions on how to enable this functionality.

Solution

hashicorp-consul-command-exec-via-services-sol
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