{"id":"CVE-2020-28053","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-28053","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T00:31:13.230Z","title":"HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise 1.2.0 up to 1.8.5 allowed operators with operator:read ACL permissions to read the Connect CA private key configuration.","description":"HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise 1.2.0 up to 1.8.5 allowed operators with operator:read ACL permissions to read the Connect CA private key configuration. Fixed in 1.6.10, 1.7.10, and 1.8.6.","published":"2020-11-23T14:15:12.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:10:05.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-863"],"affected":["hashicorp/consul"],"epss":{"score":0.01453,"percentile":0.73247,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.45%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#186-november-19-2020","tags":["Release Notes","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-09","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/category/consul","tags":["Product","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#186-november-19-2020","tags":["Release Notes","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-09","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/category/consul","tags":["Product","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-28053","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}