CVE-2026-5061

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

CVSS 4.7 MEDIUMEPSS 0.1%CWE-59

Vexday Risk Score

13Low

SSVC decision (CISA)

Track

No exploitation signal → monitor

CVSS 4.7EPSS 0.1%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —

Lifecycle

12 May 2026Published on NVD

Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.

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.

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

Affected products

HashiCorp · Tooling

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References

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