CVE-2024-48936 Affecting slurm_24_11-doc package, versions <24.11.1-150300.7.5.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES154-SLURM2411DOC-9055961
  • published3 Mar 2025
  • disclosed24 Feb 2025

Introduced: 24 Feb 2025

NewCVE-2024-48936  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.4 slurm_24_11-doc to version 24.11.1-150300.7.5.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream slurm_24_11-doc package and not the slurm_24_11-doc package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.4 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.