CVE-2024-6717 | Nomad Vulnerable to Allocation Directory Path Escape Through Archive Unpacking

HashiCorp Nomad and Nomad Enterprise 1.6.12 up to 1.7.9, and 1.8.1 archive unpacking during migration is vulnerable to path escaping of the allocation directory. This vulnerability, CVE-2024-6717, is fixed in Nomad 1.6.13, 1.7.10, and 1.8.2.

Published: 2024-07-22 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-6717 is rated Moderate Risk (41.6/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.39%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-6717

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 0.29% 0.39% +0.10%
2 2026-03-16 0.38% 0.29% -0.09%
3 2026-02-18 — 0.38% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-6717

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.7 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/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:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.1 4.0 [email protected]
8.6 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/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:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 4.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-6717

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2024-6717

GHSA-5mqx-rpxv-mvxj · Severity: high · Ecosystem: go — HashiCorp Nomad is vulnerable to path escape through archive unpacking during migration

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-6717

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2024-6717: 1 source package rows (nomad); 12 state rows across 1 repos (edge-community); fixed 0, open 12. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2024-6717
ubuntu medium CVE-2024-6717 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-2024-6717

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-6717

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
hashicorp nomad >= 1.7.0, < 1.7.10 cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:nomad:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
hashicorp nomad >= 1.7.0, < 1.7.10 cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:nomad:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
hashicorp nomad 1.6.12 cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:nomad:1.6.12:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
hashicorp nomad 1.6.12 cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:nomad:1.6.12:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
hashicorp nomad 1.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:nomad:1.8.1:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
hashicorp nomad 1.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:nomad:1.8.1:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-6717

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