Symlink following in HashiCorp Nomad allows writes outside allocation
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
HashiCorp Nomad from 0.3.0 before 2.1.1 and Nomad Enterprise from 0.3.0 before 2.1.0 are affected. They follow symlinks during dispatch payload and executor log writes (CWE-59). A malicious workload can modify files outside its allocation directory, and when the client agent runs as root this can lead to code execution as root on the client host.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-05
Description from the CNA
HashiCorp Nomad and Nomad Enterprise are vulnerable to symlink following during dispatch payload and executor log writes that may allow a malicious workload to modify files outside its allocation directory. When the client agent runs as root, this could lead to code execution as root on the client host. This vulnerability (CVE-2026-107347) is fixed in Nomad 2.1.1 and Nomad Enterprise 2.1.0, 1.11.12, and 1.10.18.
Why it matters now
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
Remediation
Upgrade Nomad to 2.1.1. Upgrade Nomad Enterprise to 2.1.0, 1.11.12 or 1.10.18.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-05
- Fix · CNA Nomad (HashiCorp) Fixed in 2.1.1
- Fix · CNA Nomad Enterprise (HashiCorp) Fixed in 2.1.0
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
HashiCorp Nomad, Nomad Enterprise 2.1.0, 2.1.1
3 records Highest priority Priority LOW 3 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-82717 Symlink following in Nomad lets workloads alter host permissionsPriority LOW 39
- TI-2026-82714 Nomad API endpoints leak cross-namespace informationPriority LOW 19
Timeline
- 2026-10-29 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-107347
- 2026-10-29 Alias added: GHSA-qx6c-5f28-88p2
- 2026-10-30 Fix available: HashiCorp/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-30 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-30 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
References
More HashiCorp vulnerabilities
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- TI-2021-18437 HashiCorp Consul Enterprise before 1.8.17, 1.9.x before 1.9.11, and 1.10.x before 1.10.4… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
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- TI-2020-17753 The official Consul Docker images 0.7.1 through 1.4.2 contain a blank password for a root… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-13641 consul-mcp-server vulnerable to cross-tenant credential reuse in streamable-HTTP stateless mode CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2026-13778 terraform-mcp-server vulnerable to cross-tenant credential reuse in streamable-HTTP stateless mode CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
Sources
- CVE-2026-107347 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-107347 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-qx6c-5f28-88p2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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