# CVE-2026-14361: Consul-template is vulnerable to path redirection in writeToFile through symlink attack

> CVE-2026-14361: Consul-template is vulnerable to path redirection in writeToFile through symlink attack. CVSS 4.7 (CVSS 3.1).

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-14361
Last updated: 2026-10-25T17:10:00Z

- Published: 2026-07-08 20:11 UTC · Updated: 2026-10-25 17:10 UTC · Assigner: HashiCorp
- CVSS: 4.7 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: Medium · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS: 0.13%, 3th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: no
- CWE: CWE-59

## Description

The consul-template library before version 0.42.1 is vulnerable to a path redirection issue in the writeToFile template helper that may allow template output to be written outside the intended directory or to overwrite an existing file. This vulnerability (CVE-2026-14361) is fixed in consul-template 0.42.1.

## Affected vendors and products

- HashiCorp: Tooling

## Tracked companies

- [HashiCorp](https://rewindex.com/company/hashicorp.md)

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-14361)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-14361)
- [https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-20-consul-template-vulnerable-to-path-redirections-in-writetofile/77559](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-20-consul-template-vulnerable-to-path-redirections-in-writetofile/77559)

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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-14361 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-14361.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2026-14361 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T03:13:07.476Z