Vulnerability in Schedmd Slurm
CVE-2017-15566
Insecure SPANK environment variable handling exists in SchedMD Slurm before 16.05.11, 17.x before 17.02.9, and 17.11.x before 17.11.0rc2, allowing privilege escalation to root during Prolog or Epilog execution.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.006 (45.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 45th percentile — 45.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Schedmd Slurm — versions 17.11.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/101675 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.schedmd.com/news.php (Vendor Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4023 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-15566?
- CVE-2017-15566 is a high-severity vulnerability in Schedmd Slurm, classified under Untrusted Search Path. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-11-01.
- How severe is CVE-2017-15566?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2017-15566 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.