# CVE-2026-6959: Nomad vulnerable to arbitrary file read/write on client host through symlink attack

> CVE-2026-6959: Nomad vulnerable to arbitrary file read/write on client host through symlink attack. CVSS 6.0 (CVSS 3.1).

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-6959
Last updated: 2026-06-17T11:01:32Z

- Published: 2026-05-12 18:59 UTC · Updated: 2026-06-17 11:01 UTC · Assigner: HashiCorp
- CVSS: 6.0 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: Medium · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS: 0.17%, 6th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: no
- CWE: CWE-59

## Description

HashiCorp Nomad and Nomad Enterprise prior to 2.0.1 are vulnerable to arbitrary file read and write on the client host as the Nomad process user through a symlink attack. This vulnerability (CVE-2026-6959) is fixed in Nomad 2.0.1, 1.11.5 and 1.10.11.

## Affected vendors and products

- HashiCorp: Nomad
- HashiCorp: Nomad Enterprise

## Tracked companies

- [HashiCorp](https://rewindex.com/company/hashicorp.md)

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-6959)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-6959)
- [https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-14-nomad-arbitrary-file-read-write-on-client-host-through-symlink-attack/77416](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-14-nomad-arbitrary-file-read-write-on-client-host-through-symlink-attack/77416)

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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-6959 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-6959.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2026-6959 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T02:13:21.805Z