Improper Privilege Management in Nomad Enterprise - CVE-2023-1299
Published: March 14, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU73273
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-1299
CWE-ID: CWE-269
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Nomad Enterprise
Nomad Enterprise
Software vendor:
HashiCorp
HashiCorp
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote user to escalate privileges.
The vulnerability exists due to improper privilege management within the Nomad Job Submitter where a workload identity without any workload-associated policies was treated as a management token. A remote user can escalate privileges within the application.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.