4.2

CVE-2026-14896: hashicorp nomad Incorrect Authorization

CVSS: 4.2v3.1MediumDeferred
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-14896
Published 08-07-2026Last modified 09-07-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-14896 is a medium (CVSS 4.2) Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in hashicorp nomad. EPSS estimates a 0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 15.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
17/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.2/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.25%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 08-07-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 09-07-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

HashiCorp Nomad and Nomad Enterprise are vulnerable to a cross-namespace authorization bypass in the dynamic host volumes feature that may allow an operator holding the host volume delete permission in one namespace to delete a sticky volume claim belonging to a job in another namespace. This vulnerability, CVE-2026-14896, is fixed in Nomad Community Edition 2.0.4 and Nomad Enterprise 2.0.4, 1.11.8, and 1.10.14.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.25%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

15%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.25% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.25%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Hashicorp2 products
Ubuntu1 product
  • nomadAll versions (No fix recorded)

2 vendors · 3 products

References

3 links