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CVE-2026-8052

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.

Properties

severity
medium
summary
HashiCorp Nomad’s exec2 task driver vulnerable to a symlink attack
epss_score
0.00129
cvss_score
6
ghsa_published
2026-05-12T21:31:35Z
source_url
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wqwc-x3rc-2xw6
ghsa_updated
2026-05-19T15:39:38Z
ghsa_id
GHSA-wqwc-x3rc-2xw6
cve_id
CVE-2026-8052
cvss_vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
is_ghsa_only
false
epss_percentile
0.02937

Related Entities (5)

ENRICHED_BY (1)

[Source]FIRST EPSS

REPORTED_BY (1)

[Source]GitHub Advisory Database

VULNERABLE_TO (1)

[Software]go/github.com/hashicorp/nomad-driver-exec2

AFFECTS (1)

[Software]go/github.com/hashicorp/nomad-driver-exec2

HAS_WEAKNESS (1)

[Weakness]Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

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