CVE-2024-1329

Nomad Vulnerable to Arbitrary Write Through Symlink Attack

HIGH

7.5

CVSS Score

Published: February 8, 2024 at 07:20 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:03 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorNomad

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Severity

HIGH7.5

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.6%

SSVC

No known exploit

Description

HashiCorp Nomad and Nomad Enterprise 1.5.13 up to 1.6.6, and 1.7.3 template renderer is vulnerable to arbitrary file write on the host as the Nomad client user through symlink attacks. This vulnerability, CVE-2024-1329, is fixed in Nomad 1.7.4, 1.6.7, and 1.5.14.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Nomad · Hashicorp

95%

v ≤ 1.5.13v ≤ 1.6.6v ≤ 1.7.31.5.13 ≤ v < 1.5.141.6.6 ≤ v < 1.6.71.7.3. ≤ v < 1.7.4

Affected range stops below 1.5.14, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 1.6.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 1.7.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2024-03-nomad-vulnerable-to-arbitrary-write-through-symlink-attack

References (1)

Vendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2024-03-nomad-vulnerable-to-arbitrary-write-through-symlink-attack

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.5HIGH[email protected]

Attack Vector: NETWORK
Complexity: LOW
Privileges: NONE
User Interaction: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: HIGH
Availability: NONE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-59CWE-610

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