CVE-2026-5061

MEDIUM

Consul-template vulnerable to sandbox path bypass in file helper via a symlink attack

Title source: cna

Description

The consul-template library before version 0.42.0 is vulnerable to a sandbox path bypass in the file template helper that may allow reading an out-of-sandbox file. This vulnerability (CVE-2026-5061) is fixed in consul-template 0.42.0.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-12-consul-template-vulnerable-to-sandbox-path-bypass-in-file-helper-through-symlink-attack/77414

Scores

CVSS v3 4.7

EPSS 0.0002

EPSS Percentile 5.9%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-59

Status published

Products (1)

HashiCorp/Tooling 0.1.0 - 0.42.0

Published May 12, 2026

Tracked Since May 12, 2026