Consul Community Edition and Consul Enterprise 1.19.1 through 2.0.2 did not enforce the {{session:write}} ACL permission for session deletion operations submitted through the transaction API. An authenticated caller with network access to the Consul server RPC port could delete arbitrary sessions without holding the required permission. This vulnerability, CVE-2026-19016, is fixed in Consul 2.0.3 and Consul Enterprise 1.21.17, 1.22.11, and 2.0.3.
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Thu, 13 Aug 2026 12:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-639
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Moderate


Mon, 10 Aug 2026 19:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 07 Aug 2026 21:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Hashicorp
Hashicorp consul
Hashicorp consul Enterprise
Vendors & Products Hashicorp
Hashicorp consul
Hashicorp consul Enterprise

Fri, 07 Aug 2026 19:45:00 +0000

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Description Consul Community Edition and Consul Enterprise 1.19.1 through 2.0.2 did not enforce the {{session:write}} ACL permission for session deletion operations submitted through the transaction API. An authenticated caller with network access to the Consul server RPC port could delete arbitrary sessions without holding the required permission. This vulnerability, CVE-2026-19016, is fixed in Consul 2.0.3 and Consul Enterprise 1.21.17, 1.22.11, and 2.0.3.
Title Authorization bypass for session deletion in the transaction API
Weaknesses CWE-22
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: HashiCorp

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-10T18:24:50.823Z

Reserved: 2026-08-05T20:21:36.890Z

Link: CVE-2026-19016

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-10T17:51:17.470Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-07T20:16:50.530

Modified: 2026-08-10T19:17:29.627

Link: CVE-2026-19016

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-08-07T19:18:08Z

Links: CVE-2026-19016 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-13T14:00:04Z

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