Description
Consul Community Edition and Consul Enterprise 1.19.1 through 2.0.2 did not enforce the {{session:write}} ACL permission for session deletion operations submitted through the transaction API. An authenticated caller with network access to the Consul server RPC port could delete arbitrary sessions without holding the required permission. This vulnerability, CVE-2026-19016, is fixed in Consul 2.0.3 and Consul Enterprise 1.21.17, 1.22.11, and 2.0.3.
Published: 2026-08-07
Score: 4.2 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Fri, 07 Aug 2026 21:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Hashicorp
Hashicorp consul
Hashicorp consul Enterprise
Vendors & Products Hashicorp
Hashicorp consul
Hashicorp consul Enterprise

Fri, 07 Aug 2026 19:45:00 +0000

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Description Consul Community Edition and Consul Enterprise 1.19.1 through 2.0.2 did not enforce the {{session:write}} ACL permission for session deletion operations submitted through the transaction API. An authenticated caller with network access to the Consul server RPC port could delete arbitrary sessions without holding the required permission. This vulnerability, CVE-2026-19016, is fixed in Consul 2.0.3 and Consul Enterprise 1.21.17, 1.22.11, and 2.0.3.
Title Authorization bypass for session deletion in the transaction API
Weaknesses CWE-22
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L'}


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Hashicorp Consul Consul Enterprise
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: HashiCorp

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-07T19:18:08.980Z

Reserved: 2026-08-05T20:21:36.890Z

Link: CVE-2026-19016

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Updated: 2026-08-07T21:00:13Z

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