CVE-2024-12678 | Nomad Allocations Vulnerable To Privilege Escalation Within A Namespace Using Unredacted Workload Identity Tokens

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.

Published: 2024-12-19 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-12678 is rated Moderate Risk (40.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.52%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-12678

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.41% 0.52% +0.11%
2 2026-05-11 0.30% 0.41% +0.11%
3 2026-02-21 — 0.30% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-12678

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-12678

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2024-12678

GHSA-hr68-hvgv-xxqf · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: go — Hashicorp Nomad Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-12678

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2024-12678: 1 source package rows (nomad); 2 state rows across 1 repos (edge-community); fixed 0, open 2. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2024-12678
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-12678
suse high — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-12678/
ubuntu medium CVE-2024-12678 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (nomad), 8 status rows across 8 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, upstream): DNE 5, needs-triage 3. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-12678

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-12678

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
hashicorp nomad >= 1.4.0, < 1.7.16 cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:nomad:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
hashicorp nomad >= 1.4.0, < 1.9.4 cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:nomad:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
hashicorp nomad >= 1.8.0, < 1.8.8 cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:nomad:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
hashicorp nomad >= 1.9.0, < 1.9.4 cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:nomad:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-12678

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