Consul Auth-DOS: service-router config downgrade crash
CVE-2026-19012 Published on August 7, 2026
Authenticated denial of service in Consul Enterprise-to-Community Edition downgrade path
Consul Community Edition and Consul Enterprise 1.18.0 through 2.0.2 are vulnerable to an authenticated denial of service in the Enterprise-to-Community Edition downgrade path that may allow an authorized caller to crash the Consul server. A caller with config-entry write permission can submit a service-router configuration entry that causes the agent to exit unexpectedly. This vulnerability, CVE-2026-19012, is fixed in Consul 2.0.3 and Consul Enterprise 1.21.17, 1.22.11, and 2.0.3.
Weakness Type
NULL Pointer Dereference
A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. NULL pointer dereference issues can occur through a number of flaws, including race conditions, and simple programming omissions.
Products Associated with CVE-2026-19012
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Affected Versions
HashiCorp Consul:- Version 1.18.0 and below 2.0.3 is affected.
- Version 1.18.0 and below 2.0.3 is affected.