CVE-2024-12678 (GCVE-0-2024-12678)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-12-20 01:49 – Updated: 2024-12-20 17:08
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Nomad Allocations Vulnerable To Privilege Escalation Within A Namespace Using Unredacted Workload Identity Tokens
Summary
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.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-12-20 17:07 UTC
CWE
- CWE-266 - Incorrect Privilege Assignment
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HashiCorp | Nomad |
Affected:
1.4.0 , < 1.9.4
(semver)
|
guessed | |
| HashiCorp | Nomad Enterprise |
Affected:
1.4.0 , < 1.9.4
(semver)
|
guessed |
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