CVE-2023-3072
Nomad ACL Policies without Label are Applied to Unexpected Resources
HashiCorp Nomad and Nomad Enterprise 0.7.0 up to 1.5.6 and 1.4.10 ACL policies using a block without a label generates unexpected results. Fixed in 1.6.0, 1.5.7, and 1.4.11.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Nomad ACL Policies without Label are Applied to Unexpected Resources
HashiCorp Nomad and Nomad Enterprise 0.7.0 up to 1.5.6 and 1.4.10 ACL policies using a block without a label generates unexpected results. Fixed in 1.6.0, 1.5.7, and 1.4.11.
- Record
CVE-2023-3072- CVSS 3.1
- 4.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-266
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-2141
HashiCorp Nomad and Nomad Enterprise 0.7.0 up to 1.5.6 and 1.4.10 ACL policies using a block without a label generates unexpected results. Fixed in 1.6.0, 1.5.7, and 1.4.11.
- Record
EUVD-2023-2141- CVSS 3.1
- 4.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rpvr-38xv-xvxq
Nomad ACL Policies without Label are Applied to Unexpected Resources
A vulnerability was identified in Nomad, an ACL policy using a block without label may be applied to unexpected resources. This vulnerability, CVE-2023-3072, affects Nomad from 0.7 up to 1.5.6 and 1.4.10 and was fixed in 1.6.0, 1.5.7, and 1.4.11.
- Record
GHSA-rpvr-38xv-xvxq- CVSS 3.1
- 4.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-266, CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
HashiCorp Nomad and Nomad Enterprise 0.7.0 up to 1.5.6 and 1.4.10 ACL policies using a block without a label generates unexpected results. Fixed in 1.6.0, 1.5.7, and 1.4.11.
- Record
CVE-2023-3072- CVSS 3.1
- 4.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L - CVSS 3.1
- 3.8 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-266, CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Nomad ACL Policies without Label are Applied to Unexpected Resources
HashiCorp Nomad and Nomad Enterprise 0.7.0 up to 1.5.6 and 1.4.10 ACL policies using a block without a label generates unexpected results. Fixed in 1.6.0, 1.5.7, and 1.4.11.
- Record
CVE-2023-3072- CVSS 3.1
- 4.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-266
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-rpvr-38xv-xvxq
Nomad ACL Policies without Label are Applied to Unexpected Resources
A vulnerability was identified in Nomad, an ACL policy using a block without label may be applied to unexpected resources. This vulnerability, CVE-2023-3072, affects Nomad from 0.7 up to 1.5.6 and 1.4.10 and was fixed in 1.6.0, 1.5.7, and 1.4.11.
- Record
GHSA-rpvr-38xv-xvxq- CVSS 3.1
- 4.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-266, CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2023-3072
HashiCorp Nomad and Nomad Enterprise 0.7.0 up to 1.5.6 and 1.4.10 ACL policies using a block without a label generates unexpected results. Fixed in 1.6.0, 1.5.7, and 1.4.11.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3072- CVSS 3.1
- 4.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L - CVSS 3.1
- 3.8 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGO-2024-2670 No score
ACL security vulnerability in github.com/hashicorp/nomad
An ACL policy using a block without label can be applied to unexpected resources in Nomad, a distributed, highly available scheduler designed for effortless operations and management of applications.
- Record
GO-2024-2670- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
github.com/hashicorp/nomadGo |
0.7.0 up to 1.4.11 | 1.4.11 |
github.com/hashicorp/nomadGo |
1.5.0 up to 1.5.6 | 1.5.6 |
github.com/hashicorp/nomadGo |
0.7.0 up to 1.4.11, 1.5.0 up to 1.5.6 | 1.4.111.5.6 |
nomadUbuntu:18.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 0.4.0+dfsg-1 |
None known |
nomadUbuntu:20.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 0.8.7+dfsg1-1ubuntu1 |
None known |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-3072 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.1) in Hashicorp Nomad, published July 19, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.44%, the 38th percentile. Fixed in github.com/hashicorp/nomad 1.4.11.
References
discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2023-20-nomad-acl-policies-without-label-are-applied-to-unexpected-resources/56270
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3072
pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2024-2670
github.com/advisories/GHSA-rpvr-38xv-xvxq
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-3072
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-3072