CVE-2026-6959
medium
CVSS v3
6.0
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.0
Description
HashiCorp Nomad vulnerable to symlink attack
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
60%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/hashicorp/nomad | <1.11.0-rc.1.0.20260512123500-2a09fd62c238 | 1.11.0-rc.1.0.20260512123500-2a09fd62c238 |
| GO | github.com/hashicorp/nomad | < 1.11.0-rc.1.0.20260512123500-2a09fd62c238 | 1.11.0-rc.1.0.20260512123500-2a09fd62c238 |
References
- https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-14-nomad-arbitrary-file-read-write-on-client-host-through-symlink-attack/77416
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-6959
- https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/commit/2a09fd62c23880ff306499ae03fe64628d82a23f
- https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad
- https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/releases/tag/v2.0.1
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3934-423w-4jq3
CWEs
CWE-59
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.