CVE-2026-5061: Consul-template vulnerable to sandbox path bypass in file helper via a symlink attack
Medium · CVSS 4.7 (CVSS 3.1)EPSS 0.15%, 4th percentilePublished Updated Assigner: HashiCorp
Description
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.
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N · CWE-59
Tracked companies
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Status incidents that name it
No tracked status incident names this CVE.
Affected vendors and products
HashiCorp: Tooling
References
- CVE record on cve.org (opens in new tab)
- NVD entry (opens in new tab)
- discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-12-consul-template-vulnerable-to-sandbox-path-bypass-in-… (opens in new tab)
- CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (opens in new tab)
- This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (opens in new tab)
- Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (opens in new tab)
- EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (opens in new tab)