Out-of-bounds read in NVIDIA Slurm slurmstepd socket API
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Affected are NVIDIA Slurm from 25.05.0 through 25.05.8, from 25.11.0 through 25.11.7, and from 26.05.0 through 26.05.3. An attacker-controlled arbitrary memory read in the slurmstepd socket API (CWE-125) lets an attacker read memory beyond intended bounds. A local attacker with low privileges can use this to exfiltrate authentication keys.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-04
Description from the CNA
NVIDIA Slurm contains an attacker-controlled arbitrary-memory read in the slurmstepd socket API that could be used to ex-filtrate authentication keys.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
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-2026-65138
- 2026-11-03 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-11-03 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-11-03 Alias added: GHSA-7ghx-hv3p-f3cr
- 2026-11-04 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-11-04 CVSS score added · Red Hat
References
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- TI-2024-00121 Time-of-check time-of-use race condition in NVIDIA Container Toolkit CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.0
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Sources
- CVE-2026-65138 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-65138 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7ghx-hv3p-f3cr · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-65138 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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