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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.
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","platforms":["64 bit","32 bit","x86","ARM","MacOS","Windows","Linux"],"product":"Shared library","repo":"https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad-driver-exec2","vendor":"HashiCorp","versions":[{"lessThan":"0.1.2","status":"affected","version":"0.1.0","versionType":"semver"}]}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5affectedurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:87f24b34306458da58108d714fe607995e2e677a1cb44a872f68f3368b6ccce6 · sha256:5aa84c923763ce4f… · /containers/cna/affected/0
Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"baseScore":6,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:87f24b34306458da58108d714fe607995e2e677a1cb44a872f68f3368b6ccce6 · sha256:5aa84c923763ce4f… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1
CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-59","description":"CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access (Link Following)","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:87f24b34306458da58108d714fe607995e2e677a1cb44a872f68f3368b6ccce6 · sha256:5aa84c923763ce4f… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
1 source assertion{"url":"https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-13-nomads-exec2-task-driver-vulnerable-to-arbitrary-file-read-write-on-client-host-through-symlink-attack/77415"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:87f24b34306458da58108d714fe607995e2e677a1cb44a872f68f3368b6ccce6 · sha256:5aa84c923763ce4f… · /containers/cna/references/0
Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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