CVE-2025-1296
Nomad Exposes Sensitive Workload Identity and Client Secret Token in Audit Logs
Nomad Community and Nomad Enterprise (“Nomad”) are vulnerable to unintentional exposure of the workload identity token and client secret token in audit logs. This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-1296, is fixed in Nomad Community Edition 1.9.7 and Nomad Enterprise 1.9.7, 1.8.11, and 1.7.19.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
6.5
Nomad Exposes Sensitive Workload Identity and Client Secret Token in Audit Logs
Nomad Community and Nomad Enterprise (“Nomad”) are vulnerable to unintentional exposure of the workload identity token and client secret token in audit logs. This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-1296, is fixed in Nomad Community Edition 1.9.7 and Nomad Enterprise 1.9.7, 1.8.11, and 1.7.19.
- Record
CVE-2025-1296- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-532
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-7384
6.5
Nomad Community and Nomad Enterprise (“Nomad”) are vulnerable to unintentional exposure of the workload identity token and client secret token in audit logs. This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-1296, is fixed in Nomad Community Edition 1.9.7 and Nomad Enterprise 1.9.7, 1.8.11, and 1.7.19.
- Record
EUVD-2025-7384- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-c3q9-q986-vrwh
6.5
Nomad is vulnerable to unintentional exposure of the workload identity token and client secret token in audit logs
Nomad Community and Nomad Enterprise (“Nomad”) are vulnerable to unintentional exposure of the workload identity token and client secret token in audit logs. This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-1296, is fixed in Nomad Community Edition 1.9.7 and Nomad Enterprise 1.9.7, 1.8.11, and 1.7.19.
- Record
GHSA-c3q9-q986-vrwh- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-532
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
6.5
Nomad Community and Nomad Enterprise (“Nomad”) are vulnerable to unintentional exposure of the workload identity token and client secret token in audit logs. This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-1296, is fixed in Nomad Community Edition 1.9.7 and Nomad Enterprise 1.9.7, 1.8.11, and 1.7.19.
- Record
CVE-2025-1296- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-532
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
6.5
Nomad Exposes Sensitive Workload Identity and Client Secret Token in Audit Logs
Nomad Community and Nomad Enterprise (“Nomad”) are vulnerable to unintentional exposure of the workload identity token and client secret token in audit logs. This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-1296, is fixed in Nomad Community Edition 1.9.7 and Nomad Enterprise 1.9.7, 1.8.11, and 1.7.19.
- Record
CVE-2025-1296- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-532
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-c3q9-q986-vrwh
6.5
Nomad is vulnerable to unintentional exposure of the workload identity token and client secret token in audit logs
Nomad Community and Nomad Enterprise (“Nomad”) are vulnerable to unintentional exposure of the workload identity token and client secret token in audit logs. This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-1296, is fixed in Nomad Community Edition 1.9.7 and Nomad Enterprise 1.9.7, 1.8.11, and 1.7.19.
- Record
GHSA-c3q9-q986-vrwh- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-532
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2025-1296
6.5
Nomad Community and Nomad Enterprise (“Nomad”) are vulnerable to unintentional exposure of the workload identity token and client secret token in audit logs. This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-1296, is fixed in Nomad Community Edition 1.9.7 and Nomad Enterprise 1.9.7, 1.8.11, and 1.7.19.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2025-1296- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGO-2025-3510 No score
Unintentional exposure of the workload identity token and client secret in logs in github.com/hashicorp/nomad
Unintentional exposure of the workload identity token and client secret in logs in github.com/hashicorp/nomad
- Record
GO-2025-3510- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2025:14893-1 No score
govulncheck-vulndb-0.0.20250313T170021-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the govulncheck-vulndb-0.0.20250313T170021-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2025:14893-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
github.com/hashicorp/nomadGo |
through 1.9.6 | None known |
github.com/hashicorp/nomadGo |
before 1.9.7 | 1.9.7 |
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 |
govulncheck-vulndbopenSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 6 CVEs |
before 0.0.20250313T170021-1.1 | 0.0.20250313T170021-1.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-1296 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Hashicorp Nomad, published March 10, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.50%, the 42nd percentile. Fixed in github.com/hashicorp/nomad 1.9.7.
References
discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-04-nomad-exposes-sensitive-workload-identity-and-client-secret-token-in-audit-logs/73737
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1296
github.com/hashicorp/nomad/commit/dc482bf9058faf7a192486eb52caa1d42646f6b3
pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2025-3510
github.com/advisories/GHSA-c3q9-q986-vrwh
github.com/hashicorp/nomad
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cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-1296
lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/IISU33DXNWHOYGRCT77IPABZTMARV5T6
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