CVE-2026-8052

MEDIUM EPSS 2.9%
Published May 12, 20261mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
6.0 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published May 12, 2026 1mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

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.

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
2.9% 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-2026-13-nomads-exec2-task-driver-vulnerable-to-arbitrary-file-read-write-on-client-host-through-symlink-attack/77415

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.