Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU101892

Incorrect Privilege Assignment in Nomad Enterprise and Nomad - CVE-2024-12678

Published: December 20, 2024

Vulnerability identifier: #VU101892

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-12678

CWE-ID: CWE-266

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote user to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect privilege assignment within a namespace through unredacted workload identity tokens. A remote user can gain access to sensitive information.

Affected software

Nomad Enterprise
Nomad

How to mitigate CVE-2024-12678

Install updates from vendor's website.

Nomad Enterprise - addressed in versions 1.7.16, 1.8.8, 1.9.4
Nomad - update to 1.9.4

External References

https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2024-29-nomad-allocations-vulnerable-to-privilege-escalation-within-a-namespace-using-unredacted-workload-identity-token/72119
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hr68-hvgv-xxqf

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