Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-10006

Hashicorp Consul 1.4.1 – 1.20.1

Published
30 October 2024
Modified
10 January 2025
Patch / advisory
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CVSS Score v3.1 8.3
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0046 38th percentile
Risk Priority 60 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2024-10006 is a high-severity Improper Neutralization of HTTP Headers for Scripting Syntax (CWE-644) vulnerability in Hashicorp Consul. Its CVSS base score is 8.3 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Content Injection (T1659); ranked at the 38th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SI-10 (Information Input Validation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A05:2025 Injection

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

A vulnerability was identified in Consul and Consul Enterprise (“Consul”) such that using Headers in L7 traffic intentions could bypass HTTP header based access rules.

CWE(s)
CWE-644CWE-116

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1659 Content Injection Initial Access
Adversaries may gain access and continuously communicate with victims by injecting malicious content into systems through online network traffic.
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T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter Execution
Adversaries may abuse command and script interpreters to execute commands, scripts, or binaries.
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T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution Execution
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in client applications to execute code.
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Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2024-10086Same product: Hashicorp Consul
CVE-2023-1297Same product: Hashicorp Consul
CVE-2024-10005Same product: Hashicorp Consul
CVE-2023-3518Same product: Hashicorp Consul
CVE-2025-11375Same product: Hashicorp Consul
CVE-2023-0845Same product: Hashicorp Consul
CVE-2023-2816Same product: Hashicorp Consul
CVE-2025-11374Same product: Hashicorp Consul
CVE-2023-35894Shared CWE-116, CWE-644
CVE-2023-47143Shared CWE-116, CWE-644

Affected Assets

hashicorp
consul
1.20.0 · 1.4.1 — 1.20.1 · 1.9.0 — 1.15.15 · 1.18.0 — 1.18.5

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

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Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

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Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V1.1.2
  • V1.2.1
  • V1.2.3
  • V4.2.3

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match

Input validation directly requires checking/neutralizing untrusted data such as HTTP headers before they reach browser components.

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.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly require proper output encoding and header sanitization to prevent scripting injection.

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.8.28 Secure coding mostly match
prevents

Secure coding standards explicitly require correct output encoding and escaping to preserve message structure.

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

Security testing catches header-injection issues before release, covering most of the weakness.

A.8.25 Secure development life cycle partial match
prevents

Secure development lifecycle mandates input validation and output encoding that directly prevents header-injection flaws.

A.8.26 Application security requirements partial match
prevents

Application security requirements explicitly call for neutralizing untrusted data in HTTP headers.

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

Secure architecture principles reduce injection surfaces but do not prescribe header-specific controls.

References