Vulnerability · Published Oct 26, 2026 · Assigned by HashiCorp

CVE-2026-105626Consul vulnerable to a denial of service in HTTP APIs

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity resource allocation without limits in Consul from HashiCorp. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 37% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 62.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise are vulnerable to a denial of service in the HTTP API that may allow an unauthenticated attacker to exhaust memory on a Consul agent. This vulnerability (CVE-2026-105626) is fixed in Consul Community Edition 2.1.0 and Consul Enterprise 2.1.0 and 1.21.19.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSconsulno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-105626

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
HashiCorp Consul 0.6.0 – before 2.1.0
HashiCorp Consul Enterprise 0.6.0 – before 2.1.0

Weakness: CWE-770 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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