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SCA: security update for github.com/hashicorp/nomad-driver-exec2 (GHSA-wqwc-x3rc-2xw6)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 442180

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - HashiCorp Nomad’s exec2 task driver prior to 0.1.2 is vulnerable to arbitrary file read and write on the
 client host as the Nomad process user through a symlink attack. This vulnerability (CVE-2026-8052) is
 fixed in version 0.1.2 of the exec2 task driver. (CVE-2026-8052)

Solution

Update the github.com/hashicorp/nomad-driver-exec2 library and its related packages to version 0.1.2 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wqwc-x3rc-2xw6

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 442180

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 5/19/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

Percentile: 51.26

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:M/C:N/I:C/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-8052

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/12/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/12/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-8052

cwe: CWE-59