CVE-2024-48936 Affecting slurm-wlm package, versions <24.05.4-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-SLURMWLM-8303364
  • published24 Oct 2024
  • disclosed28 Oct 2024

Introduced: 24 Oct 2024

CVE-2024-48936  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable slurm-wlm to version 24.05.4-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream slurm-wlm package and not the slurm-wlm package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

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.