Symlink flaw in NVIDIA Slurm container cleanup allows file deletion
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
NVIDIA Slurm versions 25.05.0 through 25.05.8, 25.11.0 through 25.11.7 and 26.05.0 through 26.05.3 are affected. The container cleanup code does not resolve symbolic links correctly (CWE-61). A local attacker with low privileges can remove files outside their control on the compute node.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-04
Description from the CNA
NVIDIA Slurm is subject to a symlink resolution issue in the container cleanup code that could allow an attacker to remove files outside of their control on the compute node.
Why it matters now
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
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for NVIDIA Slurm.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-04
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-11-03 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-65109
- 2026-11-03 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-11-03 Alias added: GHSA-5m96-46jv-cfhx
- 2026-11-04 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-11-04 CVSS score added · Red Hat
References
More NVIDIA vulnerabilities
- TI-2017-10594 Heap-based buffer overflow in dnsmasq before 2.78 allows remote attackers to cause a… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-17134 Time-of-check time-of-use race condition in NVIDIA Container Toolkit CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3
- TI-2024-00121 Time-of-check time-of-use race condition in NVIDIA Container Toolkit CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.0
- TI-2024-00076 NVIDIA Triton Inference Server for Linux contains a vulnerability where a user can set… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.0
- TI-2018-02664 Observable discrepancy in Intel Multiple CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
- TI-2023-23747 PVRIC (PowerVR Image Compression) on Imagination 2018 and later GPU devices offers… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
Sources
- CVE-2026-65109 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-65109 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5m96-46jv-cfhx · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-65109 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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