CVE-2026-8052
HashiCorp Nomad’s exec2 task driver vulnerable to a symlink attack
6.0
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.03%
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.
How to fix CVE-2026-8052
To remediate CVE-2026-8052, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 0.1.2 or later
Is CVE-2026-8052 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 0.1.2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N |
References (4)
- ADVISORYnvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-8052
- PATCHgithub.com/hashicorp/nomad-driver-exec2
- WEBdiscuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-13-nomads-exec2-task-driver-vulnerable-to-arbitrary-file-read-write-on-client-host-through-symlink-attack/77415
- WEBgithub.com/hashicorp/nomad-driver-exec2/releases/tag/v0.1.2