{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "database_specific": {
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0.9.0"
              },
              {
                "fixed": "2.0.1"
              }
            ],
            "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD"
          },
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "d77075ff2053cd2e23b6a0f8b09cd43424bed792"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "5c11f948ba7e9e709abf7f2ab7895ba5b44feb39"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "HashiCorp",
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-59"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/6xxx/CVE-2026-6959.json"
  },
  "details": "HashiCorp Nomad and Nomad Enterprise prior to 2.0.1 are vulnerable to arbitrary file read and write on the client host as the Nomad process user through a symlink attack. This vulnerability (CVE-2026-6959) is fixed in Nomad 2.0.1, 1.11.5 and 1.10.11.",
  "id": "CVE-2026-6959",
  "modified": "2026-07-15T01:49:10.023841868Z",
  "published": "2026-05-12T18:59:09.029Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-14-nomad-arbitrary-file-read-write-on-client-host-through-symlink-attack/77416"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/6xxx/CVE-2026-6959.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-6959"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.8.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Nomad vulnerable to arbitrary file read/write on client host through symlink attack"
}