CVE-2022-40716

HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise up to 1.11.8, 1.12.4, and 1.13.1 do not check for multiple SAN URI values in a CSR on the internal RPC endpoint, enabling leverage of privileged access to bypass service mesh intentions. Fixed in 1.11.9, 1.12.5, and 1.13.2."

Published: 2022-09-23 Last update: 2025-05-27 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2022-40716 is rated Moderate Risk (44.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.83%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-40716

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.42% 0.83% +0.41%
2 2026-01-24 0.26% 0.42% +0.16%
3 2025-12-28 — 0.26% —

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-40716

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 3.6 [email protected]
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 3.6 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-40716

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2022-40716

GHSA-m69r-9g56-7mv8 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: go — HashiCorp Consul vulnerable to authorization bypass

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-40716

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2022-40716: 1 source package rows (consul); 6 state rows across 3 repos (3.17-community, 3.18-community, edge-community); fixed 3, open 3. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2022-40716
debian not yet assigned CVE-2022-40716 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (consul), 1 status rows across 1 suites (bullseye): open 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-40716
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-40716
ubuntu medium CVE-2022-40716 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (consul), 13 status rows across 13 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 7, needs-triage 4, ignored 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-40716

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-40716

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
hashicorp consul < 1.11.9 cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:consul:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
hashicorp consul < 1.11.9 cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:consul:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
hashicorp consul >= 1.12.0, < 1.12.5 cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:consul:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
hashicorp consul >= 1.12.0, < 1.12.5 cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:consul:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
hashicorp consul >= 1.13.0, < 1.13.2 cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:consul:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
hashicorp consul >= 1.13.0, < 1.13.2 cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:consul:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-40716

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