Nomad
CVE-2020-10944
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Output encoding, context-aware escaping
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Execution The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 5.4 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, low privileges required, user interaction required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users by sending crafted requests to the affected application. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
HashiCorp Nomad and Nomad Enterprise up to 0.10.4 contained a cross-site scripting vulnerability such that files from a malicious workload could cause arbitrary JavaScript to execute in the web UI. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. This Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability could allow attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users.
RemediationAI
A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Sanitize all user input, use Content-Security-Policy headers, encode output contextually (HTML, JS, URL). Use frameworks with built-in XSS protection.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79), which allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users. HashiCorp Nomad and Nomad Enterprise up to 0.10.4 contained a cross-site scripting vulnerability such that files from a malicious workload could cause arbitrary JavaScript to execute in the web UI. Fixed in 0.10.5. Affected products include: Hashicorp Nomad. Version information: up to 0.10.4.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
HashiCorp Nomad and Nomad Enterprise up to 0.10.4 contained a cross-site scripting vulnerability such that files from a malicious workload could cause arbitrary JavaScript to execute in the web UI. Fixed in 0.10.5.
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Attack Technique
Cross-Site Scripting occurs when an application accepts untrusted data and sends it to a web browser without proper validation or encoding.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
HashiCorp Nomad and Nomad Enterprise versions 1.5.0 up to 1.5.2 allow unauthenticated users to bypass intended ACL autho
HashiCorp Nomad and Nomad Enterprise version 0.2.0 up to 1.3.0 were impacted by go-getter vulnerabilities enabling privi
HashiCorp Nomad and Nomad Enterprise up to 0.10.2 incorrectly validated role/region associated with TLS certificates use
HashiCorp Nomad 0.9.0 through 0.9.1 has Incorrect Access Control via the exec driver. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8)
HashiCorp Nomad and Nomad Enterprise version 0.9.0 up to 0.12.5 client file sandbox feature can be subverted using eithe
Symlink following during same-client allocation data migration in HashiCorp Nomad and Nomad Enterprise allows a workload
Authenticated code execution on Nomad client hosts is possible in HashiCorp Nomad and Nomad Enterprise 1.10.0 through ve
HashiCorp Nomad and Nomad Enterprise 1.5.0 allow a job submitter to escalate to management-level privileges using worklo
HashiCorp Nomad and Nomad Enterprise up to 1.0.13, 1.1.7, and 1.2.0, with the QEMU task driver enabled, allowed authenti
HashiCorp Nomad and Nomad Enterprise Raft RPC layer allows non-server agents with a valid certificate signed by the same
HashiCorp Nomad and Nomad Enterprise 1.6.12 up to 1.7.9, and 1.8.1 archive unpacking during migration is vulnerable to p
Symlink following during dispatch payload and executor log writes in HashiCorp Nomad and Nomad Enterprise lets a malicio
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