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.
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.
Why this VPI (explainable, experimental)
VPI breakdown
| Impact | 60.00 |
| Exploitation signal(No additional exploitation signal) | ×1.00 |
| VPI | 60.00 |
VPI formula vpi-v1
| Source | CVSS Version | Base Score | Severity | Vector String | Assessment Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OSV3rd | 3.1 | 6.0 | MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N | 05/19/2026 |
| NVDNIST | 3.1 | 6.0 |
| CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N |
| 05/13/2026 |