CVE-2026-81516 (GCVE-0-2026-81516)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-17 15:38 – Updated: 2026-09-17 19:19
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Steeltoe.Discovery.Consul: malformed 'secure' metadata aborts service instance lookup (DoS)
Summary
Steeltoe is an open source project that provides a collection of libraries that helps users build cloud-native applications. From 4.0.0 until 4.3.0, ConsulDiscoveryClient constructs ConsulServiceInstance objects by parsing each registration's secure metadata with a strict Boolean conversion. A principal that can register a Consul service can supply a secure value other than true or false, causing the exception from one instance to abort construction of the entire instance list and make the targeted service undiscoverable. When GetAllInstancesAsync enumerates all services, one malformed instance can abort enumeration across every service. The outage persists until the offending registration is removed. This issue is fixed in version 4.3.0.
Severity
7.5 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-17 17:06 UTC
CWE
- CWE-755 - Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/SteeltoeOSS/security-advisorie… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/SteeltoeOSS/Steeltoe/commit/02… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/SteeltoeOSS/Steeltoe/releases/… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SteeltoeOSS | security-advisories |
Affected:
>= 4.0.0, < 4.3.0
|
guessed |
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