CVE-2026-119168
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 2.1.0 and Nomad Enterprise 2.1.0, 1.11.12, and 1.10.18.
- Score
- 8.8 high
- Published
- 2026-10-29
- Links
- NVD · cve.org · Report wrong data
Matched ports (1)
| Port | Package | Version | Status | Maintainer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| sysutils/nomad | nomad | 1.9.6_14 | unaddressed | jhixson@FreeBSD.org |
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<vuln vid="FIXME (make newentry)">
<topic>nomad -- FIXME</topic>
<affects>
<package>
<name>nomad</name>
<range><ge>0.5.3</ge><lt>2.1.0</lt></range>
</package>
</affects>
<description>
<body xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<p>CVE-2026-119168: 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 2.1.0 and Nomad Enterprise 2.1.0, 1.11.12, and 1.10.18.</p>
</body>
</description>
<references>
<cvename>CVE-2026-119168</cvename>
<url>https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-119168</url>
</references>
<dates>
<discovery>2026-10-29</discovery>
<entry>2026-10-29</entry>
</dates>
</vuln>