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CVE-2025-3744

Nomad Enterprise (“Nomad”) jobs using the policy override option are bypassing the mandatory sentinel policies.

HIGH 7.6EPSS 0.28%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.28%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Nomad Enterprise (“Nomad”) jobs using the policy override option are bypassing the mandatory sentinel policies. This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-3744, is fixed in Nomad Enterprise 1.10.1, 1.9.9, and 1.8.13.

CVSS 3.1: 7.6 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
EPSS: 0.28% probability · 21th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-266
Affected: hashicorp/nomad
Source: security@hashicorp.com

References

https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2025-08-nomad-enterprise-vulnerable-to-violation-of-mandatory-sentinel-policies-in-job-submissions-via-policy-override/74935Vendor Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.