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CVE-2020-7956
Published:January 31, 2020
Updated:May 17, 2026
HashiCorp Nomad and Nomad Enterprise up to 0.10.2 incorrectly validated role/region associated with TLS certificates used for mTLS RPC, and were susceptible to privilege escalation. Fixed in 0.10.3.
Related Resources (6)
https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/issues/7003
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7956
https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/category/nomad/
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cj2h-ww36-v932
https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/category/nomad
https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/pull/7023
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
9.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
9.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Certificate Validation
CWE-295
EPSS
Base Score:
0.24