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TI-2024-32629 Aliases CVE-2024-48936GHSA-8phj-c26v-2jj9

SchedMD Slurm before 24.05.4 has Incorrect Authorization.

Priority LOW 23CWE-863Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · Low
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-863.

Summary

SchedMD Slurm before 24.05.4 has Incorrect Authorization. A mistake in authentication handling in stepmgr could permit an attacker to execute processes under other users' jobs. This is limited to jobs explicitly running with --stepmgr, or on systems that have globally enabled stepmgr via SlurmctldParameters=enable_stepmgr in their configuration.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0035 28th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

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

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:schedmd:slurm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 24.05.4VulnerableSchedMD
  • cpe:2.3:a:schedmd:slurm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 24.05.4 Vulnerable ·SchedMD

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-48936
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8phj-c26v-2jj9

References

Other 3

  • 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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