PT-2026-40036 · Hashicorp · Consul-Template

Published 2026-05-12 · Updated 2026-05-14 · CVE-2026-5061

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.7

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions consul-template versions prior to 0.42.0

Description A sandbox path bypass exists in the file template helper, which may allow an attacker to read files located outside of the intended sandbox directory.

Recommendations Update to version 0.42.0.

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

BIT-CONSUL-2026-5061

CVE-2026-5061

Affected Products

Consul-Template

References · 3

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-consul-2026-5061 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-5061 · Security Note
• https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-12-consul-template-vulnerable-to-sandbox-path-bypass-in-file-helper-through-symlink-attack/77414 · Note