Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in HashiCorp Nomad

HIGH 7.5CVE-2020-7218 · GHSA-h43v-26r7-7j4c · GO-2022-0840 · Published 31/01/2020 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2020-7218 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting github.com/hashicorp/nomad, nomad (hashicorp).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.5%, higher than 73.7% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 0.10.3 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
github.com/hashicorp/nomad Go	`< 0.10.3`	`0.10.3`
nomad hashicorp	`< 0.10.3`	`0.10.3`

Description

HashiCorp Nomad and Nomad Enterprise before 0.10.3 allow unbounded resource usage.

Specific Go Packages Affected

github.com/hashicorp/nomad/command/agent

NVD description

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.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7218 · ADVISORY
hashicorp/nomad · WEB
hashicorp/nomad#7022 · WEB
hashicorp/nomad · PACKAGE
hashicorp.com/blog/category/nomad · WEB
hashicorp.com/blog/category/nomad · Vendor Advisory
GitHub Advisory GHSA-h43v-26r7-7j4c · ADVISORY

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

github.com/hashicorp/nomad

< 0.10.3

0.10.3

nomad

hashicorp

< 0.10.3

0.10.3

Description

HashiCorp Nomad and Nomad Enterprise before 0.10.3 allow unbounded resource usage.

Specific Go Packages Affected

github.com/hashicorp/nomad/command/agent

NVD description

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.

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