Consul-template vulnerable to sandbox path bypass in file helper via a symlink attack
33Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.
ssvc Attendcvss 4.7epss 0.2%
from disclosure to weapon81 days
Published on NVDMay 12
1st PoC+81d
exploitation probability
0.2%top 96% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
1 public exploit(s)
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 · Toolingpublic PoCs found — 1
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