Authenticated client-host code execution via plugin path traversal
Published May 12, 2026 · Updated May 12, 2026
Path traversal in HashiCorp Nomad and Nomad Enterprise 1.10.0 through 2.0.0 allows remote authenticated users to execute code. The dynamic host-volume client joins an unvalidated PluginID to the plugin directory, lets dot-dot segments escape it, and invokes the resolved executable. Exploitation requires host-volume-create and node-read permissions plus an executable at a known client path; execution uses the Nomad agent account.
Summary
What happened
Path traversal in HashiCorp Nomad and Nomad Enterprise 1.10.0 through 2.0.0 allows remote authenticated users to execute code. The dynamic host-volume client joins an unvalidated PluginID to the plugin directory, lets dot-dot segments escape it, and invokes the resolved executable. Exploitation requires host-volume-create and node-read permissions plus an executable at a known client path; execution uses the Nomad agent account.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-7474
- Published
- May 12, 2026
- Updated
- May 12, 2026
- Vendor
- HashiCorp
- Product
- Nomad
- Classifications
- CWE-22, T1210
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- May 12, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 12, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=1.10.0 <2.0.1
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