GHSA-wqwc-x3rc-2xw6
HashiCorp Nomad’s exec2 task driver vulnerable to a symlink attack
At a glance
- Published
- Updated
- CVE
- CVE-2026-8052
- Aliases
- GO-2026-5718
- CVSS_V3
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
Description
HashiCorp Nomad’s exec2 task driver prior to 0.1.2 is vulnerable to arbitrary file read and write on the client host as the Nomad process user through a symlink attack. This vulnerability (CVE-2026-8052) is fixed in version 0.1.2 of the exec2 task driver.
Affected packages
| Package | Versions |
|---|---|
| Go · github.com/hashicorp/nomad-driver-exec2 | introduced 0, fixed 0.1.2 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-8052 ADVISORY
- https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-13-nomads-exec2-task-driver-vulnerable-to-arbitrary-file-read-write-on-client-host-through-symlink-attack/77415 WEB
- https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad-driver-exec2 PACKAGE
- https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad-driver-exec2/releases/tag/v0.1.2 WEB
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| OSV.dev | CC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database |