Vulnerability in Siemens Altair Grid Engine
CVE-2025-40763
A vulnerability has been identified in Altair Grid Engine (All versions < V2026.0.0). Affected products do not properly validate environment variables when loading shared libraries, allowing path hijacking through malicious library substitution. This could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code with superuser privileges by manipulating the environment variable and placing a malicious library in the controlled path.
EPSS: 0.001 (3.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Siemens Altair Grid Engine — versions 0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-40763?
- CVE-2025-40763 is a high-severity vulnerability in Siemens Altair Grid Engine, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2025-11-11.
- How severe is CVE-2025-40763?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.