# CVE-2025-3744: Nomad Vulnerable To Violation Of Mandatory Sentinel Policies in Nomad Job Submissions via Policy Override

> Attackers can bypass mandatory Sentinel policies in Nomad Enterprise by using the policy override option during job submissions.

- **Severity:** High 7.6 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 May 2025
- **Updated:** 13 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9vr5-w737-m66g

## What is CVE-2025-3744?

CVE-2025-3744 is a high-severity vulnerability in HashiCorp Nomad Enterprise, published on 13 May 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-266 (Incorrect Privilege Assignment)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-3744?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Hashicorp Nomad.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-3744?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-3744 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-3744 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-3744 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in HashiCorp Nomad Enterprise

- [CVE-2023-1782](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1782/): Nomad Unauthenticated Client Agent HTTP Request Privilege Escalation (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2022-30324](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-30324/): Privilege escalation in Hashicorp Nomad (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-7956](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-7956/): Improper Certificate Validation in HashiCorp Nomad (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-12618](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-12618/): Hashicorp Nomad Access Control Issues (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-27195](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-27195/): Use After Free in HashiCorp Nomad (critical 9.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-3744 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-3744 is a high-severity vulnerability in HashiCorp Nomad Enterprise, published on 13 May 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-3744 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: HashiCorp Nomad Enterprise. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3744/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3744/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-3744
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-3744
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-3744

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3744/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.