Medium, CVSS 6.0GoPublished
HashiCorp Nomad’s exec2 task driver vulnerable to a symlink attack
CVE-2026-8052 · GHSA-wqwc-x3rc-2xw6
- Affected
- Go github.com/hashicorp/nomad-driver-exec2 < 0.1.2
- Fixed in
- 0.1.2· Vendor fix available
- Issue
- 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.
Recommended action: Upgrade to 0.1.2 or later, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.