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CVE-2024-1329: Nomad Vulnerable to Arbitrary Write Through Symlink Attack

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-02-08 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-59

Description

HashiCorp Nomad and Nomad Enterprise 1.5.13 up to 1.6.6, and 1.7.3 template renderer is vulnerable to arbitrary file write on the host as the Nomad client user through symlink attacks. This vulnerability, CVE-2024-1329, is fixed in Nomad 1.7.4, 1.6.7, and 1.5.14.

Affected products

• HashiCorp Nomad Enterprise: from 1.5.13 before 1.5.14; from 1.6.6 before 1.6.7; from 1.7.3. before 1.7.4 — fixed in 1.5.14, 1.6.7, 1.7.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: HashiCorp Nomad Enterprise 1.5.14, 1.6.7, 1.7.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2024-03-nomad-vulnerable-to-arbitrary-write-through-symlink-attack
• https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2024-03-nomad-vulnerable-to-arbitrary-write-through-symlink-attack

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