CVE-2026-14361 Consul-template is vulnerable to path redirection in writeToFile through symlink attack
Attackers can exploit symlink attacks to write template output outside intended directories or overwrite existing files.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-14361?
CVE-2026-14361 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in HashiCorp Tooling, published on 8 Jul 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-59
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-14361?
How do I fix CVE-2026-14361?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-14361 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2026-14361 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-14361 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xcm7-pmg9-8wjq.