High severity · published May 13, 2021
CVE-2021-31215
SchedMD Slurm before 20.02.7 and 20.03.x through 20.11.x before 20.11.7 allows remote code execution as SlurmUser because use of a PrologSlurmctld or EpilogSlurmctld script leads…
8.8
CVSS
2.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
SchedMD Slurm before 20.02.7 and 20.03.x through 20.11.x before 20.11.7 allows remote code execution as SlurmUser because use of a PrologSlurmctld or EpilogSlurmctld script leads to environment mishandling.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.9% · higher than 87% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
33; 34 · source: NVD
SL
Slurm · Schedmd
before 20.02.7; 20.11 before 20.11.7 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-31215
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-31215
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00011.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3ODMJQNY4FAV7G3DSKVIO5KY7Q7DKBPU/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PRHTASFAU5FNB2MJOG67YID2ONQS5MCQ/
Vendor Advisory
https://lists.schedmd.com/pipermail/slurm-announce/2021/000055.html
Release Notes
https://www.schedmd.com/news.php?id=248#OPT_248
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