CVE-2026-8052
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CVE-2026-8052 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 6/10 on the CVSS scale. 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.. EPSS estimates a 0.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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.
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- Status
- Deferred
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