Description
HashiCorp Nomad and Nomad Enterprise are vulnerable to symlink following during same-client allocation data migration that may allow a malicious workload to change permissions and ownership of host directories. This could allow unauthorized access to host data or modification of host files, potentially leading to privilege escalation. This vulnerability (CVE-2026-119168) is fixed in Nomad 2.1.0 and Nomad Enterprise 2.1.0, 1.11.12, and 1.10.18.
Published: 2026-10-29
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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History

Thu, 29 Oct 2026 20:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Hashicorp
Hashicorp nomad
Hashicorp nomad Enterprise
Vendors & Products Hashicorp
Hashicorp nomad
Hashicorp nomad Enterprise

Thu, 29 Oct 2026 18:30:00 +0000

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Description HashiCorp Nomad and Nomad Enterprise are vulnerable to symlink following during same-client allocation data migration that may allow a malicious workload to change permissions and ownership of host directories. This could allow unauthorized access to host data or modification of host files, potentially leading to privilege escalation. This vulnerability (CVE-2026-119168) is fixed in Nomad 2.1.0 and Nomad Enterprise 2.1.0, 1.11.12, and 1.10.18.
Title Nomad allocation data migration may allow host directory permission modification via symlink following
Weaknesses CWE-59
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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Hashicorp Nomad Nomad Enterprise
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: HashiCorp

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-29T18:12:51.268Z

Reserved: 2026-10-29T15:04:38.269Z

Link: CVE-2026-119168

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-29T19:17:21.120

Modified: 2026-10-29T19:17:21.120

Link: CVE-2026-119168

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Updated: 2026-10-29T20:00:26Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-59

    Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')