{"id":"CVE-2026-8052","summary":"Nomad's exec2 task driver vulnerable to arbitrary file read/write on client host through symlink attack","details":"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.","aliases":["GHSA-wqwc-x3rc-2xw6","GO-2026-5718"],"modified":"2026-07-15T01:48:55.114618301Z","published":"2026-05-12T19:09:15.248Z","database_specific":{"cna_assigner":"HashiCorp","cwe_ids":["CWE-59"],"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/8xxx/CVE-2026-8052.json"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-13-nomads-exec2-task-driver-vulnerable-to-arbitrary-file-read-write-on-client-host-through-symlink-attack/77415"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/8xxx/CVE-2026-8052.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-8052"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad-driver-exec2"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad-driver-exec2","events":[{"introduced":"ba71b1218517685881453282ae443e1351122953"},{"fixed":"8ea3033ee6a0b5b3fb9a4bbddc88527ddadbd54e"}],"database_specific":{"extracted_events":[{"introduced":"0.1.0"},{"fixed":"0.1.2"}],"source":"AFFECTED_FIELD"}}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-8052.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N"}]}