Is CVE-2022-40716 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-40716 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-40716?

CVE-2022-40716 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-40716?

CVE-2022-40716 has an EPSS score of 0.83% (53th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-40716?

Upgrade HashiCorp Consul to 1.12.5 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-40716

MEDIUM

6.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise up to 1.11.8, 1.12.4, and 1.13.1 do not check for multiple SAN URI values in a CSR on the internal RPC endpoint, enabling leverage of privileged access to bypass service mesh intentions. Fixed in 1.11.9, 1.12.5, and 1.13.2."

CWE-252

How to fix

Remediation Available

HashiCorp ConsulWindows application

Affected:1.12.0 1.12.5Fixed in:1.12.5HashiCorp

Affected:1.13.0 1.13.2Fixed in:1.13.2HashiCorp

Affected:1.11.9Fixed in:1.11.9HashiCorp

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.83%probability of exploitation in 30 days

53rdpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 53% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory2

Other references3

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-05-27.