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CVE-2026-6959: HashiCorp Nomad vulnerable to symlink attack

May 12, 2026 (updated May 19, 2026)

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.

References

  • discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-14-nomad-arbitrary-file-read-write-on-client-host-through-symlink-attack/77416
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-3934-423w-4jq3
  • github.com/hashicorp/nomad/commit/2a09fd62c23880ff306499ae03fe64628d82a23f
  • github.com/hashicorp/nomad/releases/tag/v2.0.1
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-6959

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Affected versions

All versions before 1.11.0-rc.1.0.20260512123500-2a09fd62c238

Fixed versions

  • 1.11.0-rc.1.0.20260512123500-2a09fd62c238

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.11.0-rc.1.0.20260512123500-2a09fd62c238 or above.

Impact 6 MEDIUM

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Source file

go/github.com/hashicorp/nomad/CVE-2026-6959.yml

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