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CVE-2023-49938

Published: Dec 14, 2023 | Modified: Nov 04, 2025
CVSS 3.x
8.2
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-49938
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

An issue was discovered in SchedMD Slurm 22.05.x and 23.02.x. There is Incorrect Access Control: an attacker can modified their extended group list that is used with the sbcast subsystem, and open files with an unauthorized set of extended groups. The fixed versions are 22.05.11 and 23.02.7.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
SlurmSchedmd22.05.0 (including)22.05.11 (excluding)
SlurmSchedmd23.02.0 (including)23.02.7 (excluding)
Slurm-llnlUbuntubionic*
Slurm-llnlUbuntufocal*
Slurm-llnlUbuntutrusty*
Slurm-llnlUbuntutrusty/esm*
Slurm-llnlUbuntuxenial*
Slurm-wlmUbuntubionic*
Slurm-wlmUbuntuesm-apps/jammy*
Slurm-wlmUbuntujammy*
Slurm-wlmUbuntulunar*
Slurm-wlmUbuntumantic*
Slurm-wlmUbuntuoracular*
Slurm-wlmUbuntutrusty*
Slurm-wlmUbuntuupstream*
Slurm-wlmUbuntuxenial*

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