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Consul-k8s versions 0.42.0 and later are vulnerable to a cross-namespace authorization bypass in component ACL binding rules that may allow an attacker to obtain elevated Consul privileges. This vulnerability (CVE-2026-110720) is fixed in consul-k8s 2.1.0 and 1.8.18.


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