HashiCorp Nomad Community Edition/Nomad Enterprise up to 1.9.3 privileges assignment

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in HashiCorp Nomad Community Edition and Nomad Enterprise up to 1.9.3. This impacts an unknown function. The manipulation results in privileges assignment. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2024-12678. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in HashiCorp Nomad Community Edition and Nomad Enterprise up to 1.9.3. Affected is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges assignment vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-266. A product incorrectly assigns a privilege to a particular actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Nomad Community and Nomad Enterprise ("Nomad") allocations are vulnerable to privilege escalation within a namespace through unredacted workload identity tokens. This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-12678, is fixed in Nomad Community Edition 1.9.4 and Nomad Enterprise 1.9.4, 1.8.8, and 1.7.16.

The advisory is shared for download at discuss.hashicorp.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-12678 since 12/16/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 213966 (SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : govulncheck-vulndb (SUSE-SU-2025:0060-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 1.9.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (213966). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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CNA Base Score: 6.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges assignment
CWE: CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 213966
Nessus Name: SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : govulncheck-vulndb (SUSE-SU-2025:0060-1)

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Nomad Community Edition/Nomad Enterprise 1.9.4

Timelineinfo

12/16/2024 🔍
12/20/2024 +4 days 🔍
12/20/2024 +0 days 🔍
12/12/2025 +357 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: discuss.hashicorp.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-12678 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-12678
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-289056

Entryinfo

Created: 12/20/2024 07:46
Updated: 12/12/2025 22:57
Changes: 12/20/2024 07:46 (62), 01/13/2025 19:36 (2), 12/12/2025 22:57 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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