What is CVE-2023-1299?

CVE-2023-1299 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hashicorp Nomad, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 7.4/10. Published 2023-03-14.

How severe is CVE-2023-1299?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.4 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Hashicorp Nomad

CVE-2023-1299

HashiCorp Nomad and Nomad Enterprise 1.5.0 allow a job submitter to escalate to management-level privileges using workload identity and task API. Fixed in 1.5.1.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

Published 2023-03-14 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (42.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 43rd percentile — 42.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Hashicorp Nomad — versions 1.5.0
Hashicorp Nomad Enterprise — versions 1.5.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

References

discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2023-08-nomad-job-submitter-privilege-escalation-… (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-1299?: CVE-2023-1299 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hashicorp Nomad, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 7.4/10. Published 2023-03-14.
How severe is CVE-2023-1299?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.4 out of 10.