Nomad allocation data migration may allow host directory permission modification via symlink following
Historical advisory recorded 30 Oct 2026 18:45:26 UTC. Read the latest advisory.
cve-program · CVE-2026-119168
PublishedHashiCorp 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 2.1.1 and Nomad Enterprise 2.1.0, 1.11.12, and 1.10.18.
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cve-program · CVE-2026-119168
PublishedNomad allocation data migration may allow host directory permission modification via symlink following
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 2.1.1 and Nomad Enterprise 2.1.0, 1.11.12, and 1.10.18.
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- 29 Oct 2026 18:12:51 UTC
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- 30 Oct 2026 17:19:47 UTC
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CVSS 3.1 · 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H