CVE-2026-5061

Published: May 12, 2026

Modified: May 12, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

4.7

MEDIUM

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
HashiCorp	Tooling	affected `0.1.0 - < 0.42.0`

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-59

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

References

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

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CVE-2026-5061

Description

Affected Products

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

References