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TI-2017-11367 Aliases CVE-2017-15566GHSA-h3p2-v728-89g5

Insecure SPANK environment variable handling exists in SchedMD Slurm before 16.05.11…

Priority LOW 35CWE-426Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-426.

Summary

Insecure SPANK environment variable handling exists in SchedMD Slurm before 16.05.11, 17.x before 17.02.9, and 17.11.x before 17.11.0rc2, allowing privilege escalation to root during Prolog or Epilog execution.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00578 47th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:schedmd:slurm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 16.05.11; 17.02.0 to before 17.2.09VulnerableSchedMD
cpe:2.3:a:schedmd:slurm:17.11.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*17.11.0 rc1VulnerableSchedMD
  • cpe:2.3:a:schedmd:slurm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 16.05.11; 17.02.0 to before 17.2.09 Vulnerable ·SchedMD
  • cpe:2.3:a:schedmd:slurm:17.11.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 17.11.0 rc1 Vulnerable ·SchedMD

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-15566
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h3p2-v728-89g5

References

Advisory 2

  • TI-2019-09617 SchedMD Slurm 17.11.x, 18.08.0 through 18.08.7, and 19.05.0 allows SQL Injection. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2019-04508 SchedMD Slurm before 17.11.13 and 18.x before 18.08.5 mishandles 32-bit systems. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-11963 SchedMD Slurm 21.08.x through 20.11.x has Incorrect Access Control that leads to Escalation of Privileges. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2020-16830 Slurm before 19.05.8 and 20.x before 20.02.6 has an RPC Buffer Overflow in the PMIx MPI plugin. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2018-05107 SchedMD Slurm before 17.02.10 and 17.11.x before 17.11.5 allows SQL Injection attacks against SlurmDBD. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-27304 An issue was discovered in SchedMD Slurm 22.05.x, 23.02.x, and 23.11.x. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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