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TI-2024-01238 Aliases CVE-2024-1329GHSA-c866-8gpw-p3mv

Nomad Vulnerable to Arbitrary Write Through Symlink Attack

Priority LOW 35CWE-59Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

Summary

HashiCorp Nomad and Nomad Enterprise 1.5.13 up to 1.6.6, and 1.7.3 template renderer is vulnerable to arbitrary file write on the host as the Nomad client user through symlink attacks. This vulnerability, CVE-2024-1329, is fixed in Nomad 1.7.4, 1.6.7, and 1.5.14.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00617 49th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed github.com/hashicorp/nomad (Go): 1.5.14, 1.6.7, 1.7.4

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
HashiCorpNomadup to 1.5.13; up to 1.6.6; up to 1.7.3—No fix listedCNA
HashiCorpNomad Enterpriseup to 1.5.13; up to 1.6.6; up to 1.7.3—No fix listedCNA
—github.com/hashicorp/nomad (Go)1.5.13 to before 1.5.141.5.14Patch availableGHSA-c866-8gpw-p3mv
—github.com/hashicorp/nomad (Go)1.6.0 to before 1.6.71.6.7Patch availableGHSA-c866-8gpw-p3mv
—github.com/hashicorp/nomad (Go)1.7.3 to before 1.7.41.7.4Patch availableGHSA-c866-8gpw-p3mv
  • Nomad VendorHashiCorp Affected up to 1.5.13; up to 1.6.6; up to 1.7.3 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • Nomad Enterprise VendorHashiCorp Affected up to 1.5.13; up to 1.6.6; up to 1.7.3 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • github.com/hashicorp/nomad (Go) Vendor— Affected 1.5.13 to before 1.5.14 Fixed in 1.5.14 Patch available GHSA-c866-8gpw-p3mv
  • github.com/hashicorp/nomad (Go) Vendor— Affected 1.6.0 to before 1.6.7 Fixed in 1.6.7 Patch available GHSA-c866-8gpw-p3mv
  • github.com/hashicorp/nomad (Go) Vendor— Affected 1.7.3 to before 1.7.4 Fixed in 1.7.4 Patch available GHSA-c866-8gpw-p3mv

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:nomad:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*1.5.13 to before 1.5.14; 1.6.6 to before 1.6.7; 1.7.3. to before 1.7.4VulnerableHashiCorp
cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:nomad:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*1.5.13 to before 1.5.14; 1.6.6 to before 1.6.7; 1.7.3. to before 1.7.4VulnerableHashiCorp
  • cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:nomad:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* Versions 1.5.13 to before 1.5.14; 1.6.6 to before 1.6.7; 1.7.3. to before 1.7.4 Vulnerable ·HashiCorp
  • cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:nomad:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* Versions 1.5.13 to before 1.5.14; 1.6.6 to before 1.6.7; 1.7.3. to before 1.7.4 Vulnerable ·HashiCorp

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-c866-8gpw-p3mv github.com/hashicorp/nomad (Go) Fixed in 1.5.14 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-c866-8gpw-p3mv github.com/hashicorp/nomad (Go) Fixed in 1.6.7 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-c866-8gpw-p3mv github.com/hashicorp/nomad (Go) Fixed in 1.7.4 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-1329
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-c866-8gpw-p3mv

References

Advisory 2

Other 5

  • TI-2019-09419 HashiCorp Nomad 0.9.0 through 0.9.1 has Incorrect Access Control via the exec driver. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-12559 HashiCorp Nomad and Nomad Enterprise version 0.2.0 up to 1.3.0 were impacted by go-getter… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-01674 Nomad Unauthenticated Client Agent HTTP Request Privilege Escalation CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2020-06436 HashiCorp Nomad and Nomad Enterprise up to 0.10.2 incorrectly validated role/region… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2020-16532 HashiCorp Nomad and Nomad Enterprise version 0.9.0 up to 0.12.5 client file sandbox… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2021-19357 HashiCorp Nomad and Nomad Enterprise up to 1.0.13, 1.1.7, and 1.2.0, with the QEMU task… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
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