Medium severity · published Dec 20, 2024
CVE-2024-12678
Nomad Allocations Vulnerable To Privilege Escalation Within A Namespace Using Unredacted Workload Identity Tokens
6.5
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Nomad Community and Nomad Enterprise ("Nomad") allocations are vulnerable to privilege escalation within a namespace through unredacted workload identity tokens. This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-12678, is fixed in Nomad Community Edition 1.9.4 and Nomad Enterprise 1.9.4, 1.8.8, and 1.7.16.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 45% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NO
Nomad · HashiCorp
1.4.0 before 1.9.4 · source: vendor, NVD
NE
Nomad Enterprise · HashiCorp
1.4.0 before 1.9.4 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12678
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-12678
Vendor Advisory
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2024-29-nomad-allocations-vulnerable-to-privilege-escalation-within-a-namespace-using-unredacted-workload-identity-token/72119
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