CVE-2026-14896

Nomad vulnerable to cross-namespace host volume claim deletion

MEDIUM

4.2

CVSS Score

Published: July 8, 2026 at 08:21 PM UTC

Updated: July 9, 2026 at 04:41 PM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorNomad

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Severity

MEDIUM4.2

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.3%

SSVC

No known exploit

Description

HashiCorp Nomad and Nomad Enterprise are vulnerable to a cross-namespace authorization bypass in the dynamic host volumes feature that may allow an operator holding the host volume delete permission in one namespace to delete a sticky volume claim belonging to a job in another namespace. This vulnerability, CVE-2026-14896, is fixed in Nomad Community Edition 2.0.4 and Nomad Enterprise 2.0.4, 1.11.8, and 1.10.14.

Affected

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

Nomad · Hashicorp

60%

0.4.1 ≤ v < 2.0.40.4.1

Affected range stops below 2.0.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

Source: cverecord

https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-22-nomad-vulnerable-to-cross-namespace-host-volume-claim-deletion/77562

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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

CVSS

4.2MEDIUMHashiCorp

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED

CWE

CWE-863

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