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CVE-2026-6959

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

CVSS 6 MEDIUMEPSS 0.2%CWE-59
Vexday Risk Score
13Low
SSVC decision (CISA)
Track
No exploitation signal → monitor
CVSS 6EPSS 0.2%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —
Lifecycle
12 May 2026Published on NVD
Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.
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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
Affected products
HashiCorp · NomadHashiCorp · Nomad Enterprise

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References
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-14-nomad-arbitrary-file-read-write-on-client-host-through-symlink-attack/77416