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CVE-2026-119168
Published:October 29, 2026
Updated:October 30, 2026
HashiCorp Nomad and Nomad Enterprise are vulnerable to symlink following during same-client allocation data migration that may allow a malicious workload to change permissions and ownership of host directories. This could allow unauthorized access to host data or modification of host files, potentially leading to privilege escalation. This vulnerability (CVE-2026-119168) is fixed in Nomad 2.1.0 and Nomad Enterprise 2.1.0, 1.11.12, and 1.10.18.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v0.5.0-rc1 <v2.1.1
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v2.1.1
github.com/hashicorp/nomad (GO):
Affected version(s) >=v0.5.0-rc1 <v2.1.1
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v2.1.1
Related Resources (1)
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-53-nomad-allocation-data-migration-may-allow-host-directory-permission-modification-via-symlink-following/77931
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
9.3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
HIGH
Subsequent System Integrity
HIGH
Subsequent System Availability
HIGH
CVSS v3
Base Score:
8.8
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Link Resolution Before File Access
CWE-59