CVE-2024-12678
mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.005 · 45 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
remediations
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A vendor fix is available.
- Fixedgovulncheck-vulndb-0.0.20250108T191942-150000.1.26.1.noarch as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP6suse_csaf
To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
- Fixedgovulncheck-vulndb-0.0.20250108T191942-150000.1.26.1.noarch as component of openSUSE Leap 15.6suse_csaf
To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
ssvc
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affected products (12)
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advisories (3)
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- SUSE-SU-2025:0060-1Security update for govulncheck-vulndb2025-01-10csaf · suse_csafDE
Security update for govulncheck-vulndb
- GHSA-hr68-hvgv-xxqfHashicorp Nomad Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability2024-12-20ghsa · osvUS
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.
- GO-2024-3354Hashicorp Nomad Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in github.com/hashicorp/nomad2024-12-20vendor · osvUS
Hashicorp Nomad Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in github.com/hashicorp/nomad
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references (4)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2024-12678cnnvd
- https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2024-29-nomad-allocations-vulnerable-to-privilege-escalation-within-a-namespace-using-unredacted-workload-identity-token/72119cnnvd
- https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2024-29-nomad-allocations-vulnerable-to-privilege-escalation-within-a-namespace-using-unredacted-workload-identity-token/72119enisa_euvd
- https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2024-29-nomad-allocations-vulnerable-to-privilege-escalation-within-a-namespace-using-unredacted-workload-identity-token/72119Vendor Advisorynvd
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