CVE-2026-87993

HIGHPre-NVD 7.77.7—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 7.7 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-09-10. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.7; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
7.7EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 7.7Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

The consul-template library is vulnerable to an information disclosure issue in its error handling path that may allow Vault secret values to appear in template error messages, log output, and downstream surfaces such as Nomad task events. This vulnerability (CVE-2026-87993) is fixed in consul-template 0.43.0.

CVSS v3
7.7
EG Score
7.7(high)
EG Risk
35(Track)
EG Risk 35/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity77% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
20%
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 10, 2026

Last Modified

September 10, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Sep 10, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

HCSEC-2026-38 - Consul-template vulnerable to an information disclosure issue in error handling - Security - HashiCorp Discuss

https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-38-consul-template-vulnerable-to-an-information-disclosure-issue-in-error-handling/77740

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-87993(2)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 11× in last 7d / 11× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-09-11 20:08 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-11 20:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-09-11 08:01 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-09-11 08:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-09-10 19:58 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-09-10 19:25 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-09-10 19:18 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-09-10 19:10 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-09-10 19:09 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-87993?
CVE-2026-87993 is a high vulnerability published on September 10, 2026. The consul-template library is vulnerable to an information disclosure issue in its error handling path that may allow Vault secret values to appear in template error messages, log output, and downstream surfaces such as Nomad task events. This vulnerability (CVE-2026-87993) is fixed in…
When was CVE-2026-87993 disclosed?
CVE-2026-87993 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 10, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-87993 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-87993 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 80.3% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-87993?
CVE-2026-87993 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.7 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-87993?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-87993, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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