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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Tue, 12 May 2026 21:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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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.
Title Nomad's exec2 task driver vulnerable to arbitrary file read/write on client host through symlink attack
Weaknesses CWE-59
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{'score': 6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: HashiCorp

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-12T20:22:44.939Z

Reserved: 2026-05-06T18:39:30.181Z

Link: CVE-2026-8052

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-12T20:22:32.792Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-05-12T20:16:46.720

Modified: 2026-05-12T20:16:46.720

Link: CVE-2026-8052

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Updated: 2026-05-12T21:15:29Z

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