Medium severity · published Jan 16, 2026
CVE-2025-43904
In SchedMD Slurm before 24.11.5, 24.05.8, and 23.11.11, the accounting system can allow a Coordinator to promote a user to Administrator
4.2
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In SchedMD Slurm before 24.11.5, 24.05.8, and 23.11.11, the accounting system can allow a Coordinator to promote a user to Administrator.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 17% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SL
Slurm · SchedMD
before 23.11.11; 24 before 24.05.8; 24.06 before 24.11.5 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-43904
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-43904
lists.schedmd.com
https://lists.schedmd.com/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/slurm-announce@lists.schedmd.com/message/B73QHKW6TKE2T5KDWVPIWNE5H4KWX667/
www.schedmd.com
https://www.schedmd.com/security-policy/
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