How many CVEs have patched mkfifo?

1 published CVEs changed mkfifo in hashicorp/nomad, in 3 distinct patches totalling 64 changed lines, between 2026 and 2026.

What is the latest CVE that changed mkfifo?

CVE-2026-6959 (Nomad vulnerable to arbitrary file read/write on client host through symlink attack), published 2026-05-12, changed lines 89 of client/lib/fifo/fifo_unix.go.

How does mkfifo compare to the rest of hashicorp/nomad?

hashicorp/nomad has 17 CVEs with a located fix in total; 1 of them changed mkfifo.

What do the line numbers refer to?

Line numbers are in the fixed version of the file, as the upstream patch left it. A CVE whose fix was backported to several branches is listed once, with the lines from the upstream commit.

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mkfifo in hashicorp/nomad: Patched by 1 CVEs

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mkfifo

Name: mkfifo in hashicorp/nomad: CVE fixes
Creator: RadicalNotion.AI
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

Defined in 3 files

Last patched May 12, 2026

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2026

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Overview

mkfifo in hashicorp/nomad was changed by 1 published CVE fixes in 2026, in 3 distinct patches that added or removed 64 lines in total.

The name occurs in 3 files: client/lib/fifo/mkfifo_unix.go, client/lib/fifo/fifo_unix.go, client/lib/fifo/mkfifoat.go.

hashicorp/nomad has 17 CVEs with a located fix in total, so 6% of them touched this function.

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CVEs that patched it

Every published CVE whose fix changed mkfifo, newest first, with the lines each fix touched.

Nomad vulnerable to arbitrary file read/write on client host through symlink attack
CVE-2026-6959 · client/lib/fifo/fifo_unix.go · line 89 · +0 −4
Medium · CVSS 6.0
EPSS 0.2%2026-05-12
Nomad vulnerable to arbitrary file read/write on client host through symlink attack
CVE-2026-6959 · client/lib/fifo/mkfifoat.go · lines 1–39 · +39 −0
Medium · CVSS 6.0
EPSS 0.2%2026-05-12
Nomad vulnerable to arbitrary file read/write on client host through symlink attack
CVE-2026-6959 · client/lib/fifo/mkfifo_unix.go · lines 1–21 · +21 −0
Medium · CVSS 6.0
EPSS 0.2%2026-05-12

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Other functions in these files

Functions in the same files that CVE fixes also changed.

1Closeclient/lib/fifo/fifo_unix.go1 CVEs · 1 patches2026
2CreateAndReadclient/lib/fifo/fifo_unix.go1 CVEs · 1 patches2026

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Functions in hashicorp/nomad changed by the most CVE fixes.

distAssetsChunk7050f96fa0437559f4ed93Js2 CVEs · command/agent/bindata_assetfs.go streamAllocDir2 CVEs · client/allocwatcher/alloc_watcher.go Validate1 CVEs · nomad/structs/structs.go PathEscapesAllocDir1 CVEs · nomad/structs/structs.go Stat1 CVEs · client/allocdir/alloc_dir.go ChangeEvents1 CVEs · client/allocdir/alloc_dir.go

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about CVE fixes to mkfifo.

How many CVEs have patched mkfifo?: 1 published CVEs changed mkfifo in hashicorp/nomad, in 3 distinct patches totalling 64 changed lines, between 2026 and 2026.
What is the latest CVE that changed mkfifo?: CVE-2026-6959 (Nomad vulnerable to arbitrary file read/write on client host through symlink attack), published 2026-05-12, changed lines 89 of client/lib/fifo/fifo_unix.go.
How does mkfifo compare to the rest of hashicorp/nomad?: hashicorp/nomad has 17 CVEs with a located fix in total; 1 of them changed mkfifo.
What do the line numbers refer to?: Line numbers are in the fixed version of the file, as the upstream patch left it. A CVE whose fix was backported to several branches is listed once, with the lines from the upstream commit.

References

client/lib/fifo/mkfifo_unix.go on GitHub (opens in a new tab)
client/lib/fifo/fifo_unix.go on GitHub (opens in a new tab)
client/lib/fifo/mkfifoat.go on GitHub (opens in a new tab)
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