GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Go
GHSA-wqwc-x3rc-2xw6 HashiCorp Nomad’s exec2 task driver vulnerable to a symlink attack
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-8052
- Ecosystem
- Go
- Packages
- github.com/hashicorp/nomad-driver-exec2
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59
- Reviewed
- 2026-05-19
Affected packages
• Go github.com/hashicorp/nomad-driver-exec2: < 0.1.2 → fixed in 0.1.2
Description
HashiCorp Nomad’s exec2 task driver prior to 0.1.2 is vulnerable to arbitrary file read and write on the client host as the Nomad process user through a symlink attack. This vulnerability (CVE-2026-8052) is fixed in version 0.1.2 of the exec2 task driver.
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Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-8052 HashiCorp Nomad’s exec2 task driver prior to 0.1.2 is vulnerable to arbitrary file read and write on the client host as the Nomad process… vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-8052 advisory
- https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-13-nomads-exec2-task-driver-vulnerable-to-arbitrary-file-read-write-on-client-host-through-symlink-attack/77415 web
- https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad-driver-exec2 package
- https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad-driver-exec2/releases/tag/v0.1.2 web