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CVE-2020-12693

Published: May 21, 2020 | Modified: Jun 17, 2026
CVSS 3.x
8.1
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
5.1 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12693
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

Slurm 19.05.x before 19.05.7 and 20.02.x before 20.02.3, in the rare case where Message Aggregation is enabled, allows Authentication Bypass via an Alternate Path or Channel. A race condition allows a user to launch a process as an arbitrary user.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
SlurmSchedmd19.05.0 (including)19.05.7 (excluding)
SlurmSchedmd20.02.0 (including)20.02.3 (excluding)
Slurm-llnlUbuntubionic*
Slurm-llnlUbuntuesm-apps-legacy/xenial*
Slurm-llnlUbuntuesm-apps/bionic*
Slurm-llnlUbuntuesm-apps/focal*
Slurm-llnlUbuntuesm-apps/xenial*
Slurm-llnlUbuntufocal*
Slurm-llnlUbuntugroovy*
Slurm-llnlUbuntutrusty*
Slurm-llnlUbuntuxenial*

References

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