Description
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| HashiCorp | Nomad | 1.4.0 – < 1.9.4 | 1.9.4 |
| HashiCorp | Nomad Enterprise | 1.4.0 – < 1.9.4 | 1.9.4 |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | nomad | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | nomad | No fix yet | — |
SUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLES 15 SP6 | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20250108T191942-150000.1.26.1 | SUSE-SU-2025:0060-1 |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20241220T214820-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2024:14608-1 |
| openSUSE Leap 15.6 | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20250108T191942-150000.1.26.1 | SUSE-SU-2025:0060-1 |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/hashicorp/nomad | < 1.9.4 | 1.9.4 | GHSA-hr68-hvgv-xxqf |
Advisories 2
- SUSE-SU-2025:0060-1 Security update for govulncheck-vulndb SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 5, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2024:14608-1 govulncheck-vulndb-0.0.20241220T214820-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026