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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-15970

🗓️ 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Consul 1.20.1-2.0.2 L7 authorization bypass allows authenticated workloads to reach path-blocked deny intentions via custom public listener.

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13 Aug 202617:12
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    authorization bypass when a service proxy is configured with a custom public listener. An authenticated
    mesh workload may reach HTTP paths that are blocked by a path-based deny intention. This vulnerability,
    CVE-2026-15970, is fixed in Consul 2.0.3 and Consul Enterprise 1.21.17, 1.22.11, and 2.0.3.
    (CVE-2026-15970)

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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"agent", value:"unix");
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if (!get_kb_item("global_settings/vendor_unpatched")) exit(0, "Unpatched Vulnerabilities Detection not active.");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/CentOS/rpm-list")) && empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) && empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

include('linux_unpatched.inc');

var distro_constraints_array = {
  "Debian Linux-11": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "11",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "consul"},
          {"reference": "golang-github-hashicorp-consul-dev"}
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      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-18.04": {
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        "release": "18.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "consul"}
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    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-20.04": {
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      }
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  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-22.04": {
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    "constraints": [
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        "release": "22.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "consul"}
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      }
    ]
  },
  "CentOS Linux-8": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
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      {
        "release": "8",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "grafana"},
          {"reference": "grafana-azure-monitor"},
          {"reference": "grafana-cloudwatch"},
          {"reference": "grafana-elasticsearch"},
          {"reference": "grafana-graphite"},
          {"reference": "grafana-influxdb"},
          {"reference": "grafana-loki"},
          {"reference": "grafana-mssql"},
          {"reference": "grafana-mysql"},
          {"reference": "grafana-opentsdb"},
          {"reference": "grafana-postgres"},
          {"reference": "grafana-prometheus"},
          {"reference": "grafana-selinux"},
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  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-8": {
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          {"reference": "grafana-influxdb"},
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          {"reference": "grafana-mssql"},
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          {"reference": "grafana-opentsdb"},
          {"reference": "grafana-postgres"},
          {"reference": "grafana-prometheus"},
          {"reference": "grafana-selinux"},
          {"reference": "grafana-stackdriver"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
};

var distro_constraints_values = linux_unpatched::get_distro_constraints(distro_constraints_arr:distro_constraints_array);
if (empty_or_null(distro_constraints_values)) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');

var third_party_support = get_kb_item('Host/OS/extended-third-party');
if (!empty_or_null(third_party_support)) {
    var third_party_vendors = distro_constraints_values['third_party'];
    if (!empty_or_null(third_party_vendors)) {
        var vendor;
        foreach vendor (third_party_vendors) {
            if (vendor == third_party_support) exit(0, 'A third party management patch is available for this vulnerability from ' + vendor + '.\n');
        }
    }
}

var report = linux_unpatched::check_unpatched_constraints(distro_constraints_values:distro_constraints_values);

if (!empty_or_null(report))
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : report
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
}

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12 Aug 2026 00:00Current
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