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CVE-2026-14361

Consul-template is vulnerable to path redirection in writeToFile through symlink attack

MEDIUM
4.7
CVSS Score
Published: July 8, 2026 at 08:11 PM UTC
Updated: October 25, 2026 at 05:10 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorTooling

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Severity
MEDIUM4.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%
SSVC
No known exploit

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

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Tooling· Hashicorp
90%
0.1.0 ≤ v < 0.42.10.1.0

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

Source: cverecord
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-20-consul-template-vulnerable-to-path-redirections-in-writetofile/77559

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

4.7MEDIUMHashiCorp
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-59

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