CVE-2020-7218
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in HashiCorp Nomad
HashiCorp Nomad and Nonad Enterprise up to 0.10.2 HTTP/RPC services allowed unbounded resource usage, and were susceptible to unauthenticated denial of service. Fixed in 0.10.3.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
HashiCorp Nomad and Nonad Enterprise up to 0.10.2 HTTP/RPC services allowed unbounded resource usage, and were susceptible to unauthenticated denial of service. Fixed in 0.10.3.
- Record
CVE-2020-7218- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-770
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
HashiCorp Nomad and Nonad Enterprise up to 0.10.2 HTTP/RPC services allowed unbounded resource usage, and were susceptible to unauthenticated denial of service. Fixed in 0.10.3.
- Record
CVE-2020-7218- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-1093 No score
HashiCorp Nomad and Nonad Enterprise up to 0.10.2 HTTP/RPC services allowed unbounded resource usage, and were susceptible to unauthenticated denial of service. Fixed in 0.10.3.
- Record
EUVD-2021-1093- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-h43v-26r7-7j4c
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in HashiCorp Nomad
HashiCorp Nomad and Nomad Enterprise before 0.10.3 allow unbounded resource usage.
Specific Go Packages Affected
github.com/hashicorp/nomad/command/agent
- Record
GHSA-h43v-26r7-7j4c- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-400, CWE-770
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2020-7218
HashiCorp Nomad and Nonad Enterprise up to 0.10.2 HTTP/RPC services allowed unbounded resource usage, and were susceptible to unauthenticated denial of service. Fixed in 0.10.3.
- Record
ALPINE-CVE-2020-7218- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
OSV
HashiCorp Nomad and Nonad Enterprise up to 0.10.2 HTTP/RPC services allowed unbounded resource usage, and were susceptible to unauthenticated denial of service. Fixed in 0.10.3.
- Record
CVE-2020-7218- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-h43v-26r7-7j4c
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in HashiCorp Nomad
HashiCorp Nomad and Nomad Enterprise before 0.10.3 allow unbounded resource usage.
Specific Go Packages Affected
github.com/hashicorp/nomad/command/agent
- Record
GHSA-h43v-26r7-7j4c- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-400, CWE-770
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2020-7218
HashiCorp Nomad and Nonad Enterprise up to 0.10.2 HTTP/RPC services allowed unbounded resource usage, and were susceptible to unauthenticated denial of service. Fixed in 0.10.3.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2020-7218- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGO-2022-0840 No score
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in HashiCorp Nomad in github.com/hashicorp/nomad
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in HashiCorp Nomad in github.com/hashicorp/nomad
- Record
GO-2022-0840- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
github.com/hashicorp/nomadGo |
before 0.10.3 | 0.10.3 |
nomadAlpine:v3.13 |
before 0.10.3-r0 | 0.10.3-r0 |
nomadAlpine:v3.14 |
before 0.10.3-r0 | 0.10.3-r0 |
nomadAlpine:v3.15 |
before 0.10.3-r0 | 0.10.3-r0 |
nomadAlpine:v3.16 |
before 0.10.3-r0 | 0.10.3-r0 |
nomadAlpine:v3.17 |
before 0.10.3-r0 | 0.10.3-r0 |
nomadAlpine:v3.18 |
before 0.10.3-r0 | 0.10.3-r0 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| affected, aliases, references | OSV | |
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-7218 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Hashicorp Nomad, published January 31, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.47%, the 73rd percentile. Fixed in github.com/hashicorp/nomad 0.10.3.
References
hashicorp.com/blog/category/nomad
github.com/hashicorp/nomad/issues/7002
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7218
security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2020-7218
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-7218
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-7218