CVE-2026-6959

6.0 MEDIUM

Published: May 12, 2026 Modified: May 13, 2026

Description

HashiCorp Nomad and Nomad Enterprise prior to 2.0.1 are vulnerable to arbitrary file read and write on the client host as the Nomad process user through a symlink attack. This vulnerability (CVE-2026-6959) is fixed in Nomad 2.0.1, 1.11.5 and 1.10.11.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

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

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-14-nomad-arbitrary-file-read-write-on-client-host-through-symlink-attack/77416

Source: security@hashicorp.com

1 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

6.0 / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

0.2%

6th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-59

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