Security Resilience

CVE-2023-1297

Hashicorp Consul 1.13.0 – 1.14.7

Published
02 June 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
Patch / advisory
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CVSS Score v3.1 4.9
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0077 55th percentile
Risk Priority 40 floored blend · peak EPSS

CVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.

Summary

CVE-2023-1297 is a medium-severity Premature Release of Resource During Expected Lifetime (CWE-826) vulnerability in Hashicorp Consul. Its CVSS base score is 4.9 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique NTDS (T1003.003); ranked in the top 45% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Consul and Consul Enterprise's cluster peering implementation contained a flaw whereby a peer cluster with service of the same name as a local service could corrupt Consul state, resulting in denial of service. This vulnerability was resolved in Consul 1.14.5,…

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and 1.15.3

CWE(s)
CWE-826NVD-CWE-noinfo

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1003.003 NTDS Credential Access
Adversaries may attempt to access or create a copy of the Active Directory domain database in order to steal credential information, as well as obtain other information about domain members such as devices, users, and access rights.
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T1003.004 LSA Secrets Credential Access
Adversaries with SYSTEM access to a host may attempt to access Local Security Authority (LSA) secrets, which can contain a variety of different credential materials, such as credentials for service accounts.
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T1003.005 Cached Domain Credentials Credential Access
Adversaries may attempt to access cached domain credentials used to allow authentication to occur in the event a domain controller is unavailable.
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T1005 Data from Local System Collection
Adversaries may search local system sources, such as file systems, configuration files, local databases, virtual machine files, or process memory, to find files of interest and sensitive data prior to Exfiltration.
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T1008 Fallback Channels Command And Control
Adversaries may use fallback or alternate communication channels if the primary channel is compromised or inaccessible in order to maintain reliable command and control and to avoid data transfer thresholds.
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T1011.001 Exfiltration Over Bluetooth Exfiltration
Adversaries may attempt to exfiltrate data over Bluetooth rather than the command and control channel.
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Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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CVE-2023-0845Same product: Hashicorp Consul
CVE-2023-2816Same product: Hashicorp Consul
CVE-2023-3518Same product: Hashicorp Consul
CVE-2024-10006Same product: Hashicorp Consul
CVE-2026-49427Shared CWE-826
CVE-2025-24912Shared CWE-826

Affected Assets

hashicorp
consul
1.13.0 — 1.14.7 · 1.13.0 — 1.14.7 · 1.15.0 — 1.15.3

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

ID.RA-01 partial match
blocks

Vulnerability identification processes can discover instances of premature resource release after code is deployed.

PR.PS-06 partial match
blocks

Secure development practices directly address coding errors that release resources while they are still needed.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.8.25 Secure development life cycle partial match
blocks

Secure development lifecycle practices can include resource-lifetime checks that reduce premature-release defects.

A.8.26 Application security requirements partial match
blocks

A.8.26 only requires that security requirements (including resilience against injections or input validation) be identified and specified during development; it does not itself enforce, implement or otherwise stop premature resource release from being exploitable.

A.8.27 Secure system architecture and engineering principles partial match
blocks

Secure architecture principles encourage proper resource scoping and lifetime management.

A.8.28 Secure coding partial match
prevents

Secure coding standards directly prohibit premature resource release, covering most of the weakness.

A.8.29 Security testing in development and acceptance partial match
finds

Security testing can detect premature-release bugs, providing partial mitigation.

A.8.8 Management of technical vulnerabilities partial match
removes

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