CVE-2025-1296
Nomad Exposes Sensitive Workload Identity and Client Secret Token in Audit Logs
6.5CVSSMEDIUM
Description
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.
CVSS Vector Breakdown
Exploitability
AV:NAttack VectorNetwork
AC:LAttack ComplexityLow
PR:LPrivileges RequiredLow
UI:NUser InteractionNone
Scope
S:UScopeUnchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentialityHigh
I:NIntegrityNone
A:NAvailabilityNone
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Exploitability
Official Patch Available
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique Credential Access
References
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-04-nomad-exposes-sensitive-workload-identity-and-client-secret-token-in-audit-logs/73737
discuss.hashicorp.com
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1296
nvd.nist.gov
https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/commit/dc482bf9058faf7a192486eb52caa1d42646f6b3
github.com
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Timeline
Published
Mar 10, 2025
Last Updated
Dec 18, 2025
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