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TI-2024-11760 Aliases CVE-2024-12678GHSA-hr68-hvgv-xxqf

Nomad Allocations Vulnerable To Privilege Escalation Within A Namespace Using Unredacted Workload Identity Tokens

Priority LOW 29CWE-266Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-266.

Summary

Nomad Community and Nomad Enterprise ("Nomad") allocations are vulnerable to privilege escalation within a namespace through unredacted workload identity tokens. This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-12678, is fixed in Nomad Community Edition 1.9.4 and Nomad Enterprise 1.9.4, 1.8.8, and 1.7.16.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00529 45th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Nomad (HashiCorp): 1.9.4Nomad Enterprise (HashiCorp): 1.9.4+1 more product

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
HashiCorpNomad1.4.0 to before 1.9.41.9.4Patch availableCNA
HashiCorpNomad Enterprise1.4.0 to before 1.9.41.9.4Patch availableCNA
—github.com/hashicorp/nomad (Go)before 1.9.41.9.4Patch availableGHSA-hr68-hvgv-xxqf
  • Nomad VendorHashiCorp Affected 1.4.0 to before 1.9.4 Fixed in 1.9.4 Patch available CNA
  • Nomad Enterprise VendorHashiCorp Affected 1.4.0 to before 1.9.4 Fixed in 1.9.4 Patch available CNA
  • github.com/hashicorp/nomad (Go) Vendor— Affected before 1.9.4 Fixed in 1.9.4 Patch available GHSA-hr68-hvgv-xxqf

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:nomad:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*1.4.0 to before 1.7.16VulnerableHashiCorp
cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:nomad:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*1.4.0 to before 1.9.4VulnerableHashiCorp
cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:nomad:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*1.8.0 to before 1.8.8; 1.9.0 to before 1.9.4VulnerableHashiCorp
  • cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:nomad:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* Versions 1.4.0 to before 1.7.16 Vulnerable ·HashiCorp
  • cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:nomad:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* Versions 1.4.0 to before 1.9.4 Vulnerable ·HashiCorp
  • cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:nomad:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* Versions 1.8.0 to before 1.8.8; 1.9.0 to before 1.9.4 Vulnerable ·HashiCorp

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Nomad (HashiCorp) Fixed in 1.9.4
  • Fix · CNA Nomad Enterprise (HashiCorp) Fixed in 1.9.4
  • Fix · GHSA-hr68-hvgv-xxqf github.com/hashicorp/nomad (Go) Fixed in 1.9.4 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 3

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-12678
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hr68-hvgv-xxqf

References

Advisory 2

Other 2

  • 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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