medium6.0
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 user through a symlin…
Impact
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.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| go | github.com/hashicorp/nomad-driver-exec2 | < 0.1.2 | 0.1.2 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- GitHub advisory
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wqwc-x3rc-2xw6
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-8052
- 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
- https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad-driver-exec2/releases/tag/v0.1.2