Nomad vulnerable to sandbox escape in Docker task driver

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-14891
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerHashiCorp
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-07-08 20:16:48 UTC
Updated2026-07-09 04:17:24 UTC
DescriptionHashiCorp Nomad and Nomad Enterprise are vulnerable to a sandbox escape in the Docker task driver that may allow a job submitter to bind-mount a host path into a container even when volume bind mounts are disabled, potentially leading to reading and writing files on the host. This vulnerability, CVE-2026-14891, is fixed in Nomad Community Edition 2.0.4 and Nomad Enterprise 2.0.4, 1.11.8, and 1.10.14.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 8.7 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-59 | CWE-59 CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access (Link Following)

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Secondary8.7HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
3.1CNACVSS8.7HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA HashiCorp Nomad affected 0.4.1 2.0.4 semver 64 bit, 32 bit, x86, ARM, MacOS, Windows, Linux
CNA HashiCorp Nomad Enterprise affected 0.4.1 2.0.4 semver 64 bit, 32 bit, x86, ARM, MacOS, Windows, Linux

References

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discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-21-nomad-vulnerable-to-sandbox-escape-in-docker-... [email protected] discuss.hashicorp.com
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Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: This issue was reported to HashiCorp by Volkan Kutal, GitHub handle @KutalVolkan. (en)

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