CVE-2026-6959

MEDIUM EPSS 6.5%

Published May 12, 20261mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago

6.0 CVSS 3.1

Medium

Published May 12, 2026 1mo ago

Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

HashiCorp Nomad and Nomad Enterprise prior to 2.0.1 are vulnerable to arbitrary file read and write on the client host as the Nomad process user through a symlink attack. This vulnerability (CVE-2026-6959) is fixed in Nomad 2.0.1, 1.11.5 and 1.10.11.

CVSS Details

Base Score

6.0

Exploitability

1.5

Impact

4.0

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

User Interaction None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality None

Integrity High

Availability None

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability

6.5% percentile

Exploit & Patch Status

No Known Exploit

No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-59

References 1

discuss.hashicorp.com https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-14-nomad-arbitrary-file-read-write-on-client-host-through-symlink-attack/77416

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.