What is GHSA-5mqx-rpxv-mvxj?

GHSA-5mqx-rpxv-mvxj is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. HashiCorp Nomad is vulnerable to path escape through archive unpacking during migration

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-5mqx-rpxv-mvxj cover?

GHSA-5mqx-rpxv-mvxj covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2024-6717. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-5mqx-rpxv-mvxj?

GHSA-5mqx-rpxv-mvxj has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.7, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-5mqx-rpxv-mvxj?

GHSA-5mqx-rpxv-mvxj affects 1 product, including: go/github.com/hashicorp/nomad:\u003c 1.8.2.

GHSA-5mqx-rpxv-mvxjHighCVSS 7.7

HashiCorp Nomad is vulnerable to path escape through archive unpacking during migration

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

July 23, 2024

Last Modified

February 4, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2024-6717 →

📋 Description

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.

🎯 Affected products1

go/github.com/hashicorp/nomad:< 1.8.2

🔗 References (5)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6717
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2024-15-nomad-vulnerable-to-allocation-directory-path-escape-through-archive-unpacking/68781
https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/commit/ef6cdec8847e0698d386d1fd3761743df758ef99
https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/releases/tag/v1.8.2
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5mqx-rpxv-mvxj