High severity · published Oct 29, 2026
CVE-2026-119168
Nomad allocation data migration may allow host directory permission modification via symlink following
New
8.8
CVSS
–
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
HashiCorp Nomad and Nomad Enterprise are vulnerable to symlink following during same-client allocation data migration that may allow a malicious workload to change permissions and ownership of host directories. This could allow unauthorized access to host data or modification of host files, potentially leading to privilege escalation. This vulnerability (CVE-2026-119168) is fixed in Nomad 2.1.0 and Nomad Enterprise 2.1.0, 1.11.12, and 1.10.18.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NO
Nomad · HashiCorp
0.5.3 before 2.1.0 · source: vendor
NE
Nomad Enterprise · HashiCorp
0.5.3 before 2.1.0 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-119168
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-119168
discuss.hashicorp.com
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-53-nomad-allocation-data-migration-may-allow-host-directory-permission-modification-via-symlink-following/77931
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