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CVE-2026-6959

Nomad vulnerable to arbitrary file read/write on client host through symlink attack

MEDIUM
6
CVSS Score
Published: May 12, 2026 at 06:59 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 11:01 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorNomad

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Severity
MEDIUM6
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

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.

Affected

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

Nomad· Hashicorp
60%
0.9.0 ≤ v < 2.0.10.9.0
Affected range stops below 2.0.1, 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-2026-14-nomad-arbitrary-file-read-write-on-client-host-through-symlink-attack/77416

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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

CVSS

6MEDIUMHashiCorp
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-59

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