Path Traversal in Hashicorp Nomad

CVE-2026-7474

HashiCorp Nomad and Nomad Enterprise prior to 2.0.1 are vulnerable to code execution on the client host through a path traversal attack. This vulnerability (CVE-2026-7474) is fixed in Nomad 2.0.1, 1.11.5 and 1.10.11.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (49.7th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 50th percentile — 49.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2026-7474: fell from 0.069 to 0.007.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.069 · newest: 0.007 · change: -0.062

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-7474?
CVE-2026-7474 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hashicorp Nomad, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2026-05-12.
How severe is CVE-2026-7474?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.