Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU146963

Path traversal in Nomad Enterprise and Nomad - CVE-2026-7474

Published: September 4, 2026

Vulnerability identifier: #VU146963

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2026-7474

CWE-ID: CWE-22

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: Public exploit is available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to access files outside the intended directory.

The vulnerability exists due to improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory in Nomad Enterprise when processing crafted path input. A remote attacker can supply a crafted path to access files outside the intended directory.

Affected software

Nomad Enterprise
Nomad

How to mitigate CVE-2026-7474

Install security update from vendor's website.

Nomad Enterprise - addressed in versions 1.10.11, 1.11.5, 2.0.1
Nomad - update to 2.0.1

Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes

Exploit #13051 - 0day-Exploits (Metasploit modules, Python PoCs and throwaway Docker labs for four platform CVEs: Keycloak (CVE-2026-18963), Apache NiFi (CVE-2026-39816), HashiCorp Vault (CVE-2026-5006), HashiCorp Nomad (CVE-2026-7474).) (September 4, 2026)

External References

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hx53-77qj-8663

Related Security Bulletins

Two vulnerabilities in HashiCorp Nomad and Nomad Enterprise